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Genome-wide association study of circulating retinol levels.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Dec 2011
Mondul Alison M, Yu Kai, Wheeler William, Zhang Hong, Weinstein Stephanie J, Major Jacqueline M, Cornelis Marilyn C, Männistö Satu, Hazra Aditi, Hsing Ann W, Jacobs Kevin B, Eliassen Heather, Tanaka Toshiko, Reding Douglas J, Hendrickson Sara, Ferrucci Luigi, Virtamo Jarmo, Hunter David J, Chanock Stephen J, Kraft Peter, Albanes Demetrius
Abstract excerpt
Retinol is one of the most biologically active forms of vitamin A and is hypothesized to influence a wide range of human diseases including asthma, cardiovascular disease, infectious diseases and cancer. We conducted a genome-wide association study of 5006 Caucasian individuals drawn from two coh...
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