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Genome-wide association study for renal traits in the Framingham Heart and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Studies.
BMC medical genetics - 3 Jun 2008
Kottgen Anna, Kao Wen Hong L, Hwang Shih-Jen, Boerwinkle Eric, Yang Qiong, Levy Daniel, Benjamin Emelia J, Larson Martin G, Astor Brad C, Coresh Josef, Fox Caroline S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Framingham Heart Study (FHS) recently obtained initial results from the first genome-wide association scan for renal traits. The study of 70,987 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 1,010 FHS participants provides a list of SNPs showing the strongest associations with renal traits which need to be verified in independent study samples. METHODS: Sixteen SNPs were selected for replication based...
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