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Genome-wide admixture mapping for coronary artery calcification in African Americans: the NHLBI Family Heart Study.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Apr 2008
Zhang Qunyuan, Lewis Cora E, Wagenknecht Lynne E, Myers Richard H, Pankow James S, Hunt Steven C, North Kari E, Hixson James E, Jeffrey Carr J, Shimmin Lawrence C, Borecki Ingrid, Province Michael A
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Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is an important measure of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis and an independent predictor of coronary heart disease. To identify the genetic loci contributing to CAC, we conducted a genome-wide scan with 374 microsatellite markers by applying admixture mappi...
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