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In Search for the Genetic Basis of Quality of Life in Healthy Swedish Women--A GWAS Study Using the iCOGS Custom Genotyping Array.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Schoormans Dounya, Darabi Hatef, Li Jingmei, Brandberg Yvonne, Eriksson Mikael, Zwinderman Koos H, Sprangers Mirjam A G, Hall Per
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Quality of life (QoL) is increasingly measured in both research and clinical practice. QoL-assessments are built on a long, empirically-based, and stringent approach. There is ample evidence that QoL is, in part, heritable. We therefore performed a GWAS relating genetic variation to QoL in healthy females. METHODS: In 5,142 healthy females, background characteristics (e.g. demographic, clinical,...
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