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Linkage analysis of quantitative traits for obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia on the island of Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Mar 2006
Shmulewitz Dvora, Heath Simon C, Blundell Maude L, Han Zhihua, Sharma Ratnendra, Salit Jacqueline, Auerbach Steven B, Signorini Stefano, Breslow Jan L, Stoffel Markus, Friedman Jeffrey M
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Obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease are highly heritable conditions that in aggregate are the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the developed world and are growing problems in developing countries. To map the causal genes, we conducted a population screen for these conditi...
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