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Linkage and Association Analysis Identifies TRAF1 Influencing Common Carotid Intima–Media Thickness
Author(s) -
Nicole Heßler,
Marie Henrike Geisel,
Stefan Coassin,
Raimund Erbel,
Stefanie HeilmannHeimbach,
Frauke Hennig,
Barbara Hoffmann,
KarlHeinz Jöckel,
Susanne Moebus,
Susanna MoskauHartmann,
Gudrun Nürnberg,
Peter Nürnberg,
Maren Vens,
Thomas Klockgether,
Florian Kronenberg,
André Scherag,
Andreas Ziegler
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.116.013943
Subject(s) - intima media thickness , genetics , genetic linkage , locus (genetics) , medicine , genetic association , single nucleotide polymorphism , quantitative trait locus , genotype , biology , gene , carotid arteries
Carotid intima-media thickness is a marker for subclinical atherosclerosis that predicts subsequent clinical cardiovascular events. The aim of this study was to identify chromosomal loci with linkage or association to common carotid intima-media thickness.

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