Open AccessGenomewide Association Studies in Cardiovascular Disease—An Update 2011
Author(s) -
Tanja Zeller,
Stefan Blankenberg,
Patrick Diemert
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2011.170431
Subject(s) - missing heritability problem , genome wide association study , genetic association , disease , heritability , biology , candidate gene , genetics , bioinformatics , gene , medicine , genetic variants , single nucleotide polymorphism , genotype
Genomewide association studies have led to an enormous boost in the identification of susceptibility genes for cardiovascular diseases. This review aims to summarize the most important findings of recent years.
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