Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension

Nature Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1151-1161

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COL21A1 GENE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RBM47 GENE; RRAS GENE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; META ANALYSIS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 84987670072     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.3654     Document Type: Article

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