Genetic Causality in Complex Traits the Case of Uric Acid

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 417-419

  Marian, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

association studies; causality; genetics; Mendelian randomization; single nucleotide variants; uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EFFECT SIZE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEIOSIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENETICS; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; URIC ACID;

EID: 84959319372     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.109     Document Type: Editorial

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