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Genetic determinants of variation in gallbladder disease in the Mexican-American population.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1999
Duggirala R, Mitchell B D, Blangero J, Stern M P
Abstract excerpt
Since there have not been any studies that quantify the influence of genetic factors on gallbladder disease (GBD) in humans using information from families, we utilized pedigree data to explore the genetic control of variation in liability to GBD. Using an extension of a variance components approach, we performed genetic analyses of GBD using information from 32 low-income Mexican-American families with two...
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