Genome-wide association study for renal traits in the Framingham Heart and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Studies

• Main Authors: Larson Martin G (Author), Benjamin Emelia J (Author), Levy Daniel (Author), Yang Qiong (Author), Boerwinkle Eric (Author), Hwang Shih-Jen (Author), Kao Wen (Author), Kottgen Anna (Author), Astor Brad C (Author), Coresh Josef (Author), Fox Caroline S (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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...