Open AccessGenome-wide Association Study of Postburn Scarring Identifies a Novel Protective Variant
Author(s) -
Ravi F. Sood,
Anne M. Hocking,
Lara A. Muffley,
Maricar Ga,
Shari Honari,
Alexander P. Reiner,
Nicole S. Gibran
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0000000000001439
Subject(s) - medicine , genome wide association study , single nucleotide polymorphism , bonferroni correction , minor allele frequency , cohort , prospective cohort study , population , genetic association , genotype , genetics , gene , biology , statistics , mathematics , environmental health
To identify genetic variants associated with the severity of postburn hypertrophic scarring (HTS) using a genome-wide approach.