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The role of height-associated loci identified in genome wide association studies in the determination of pediatric stature

BACKGROUND: Human height is considered highly heritable and correlated with certain disorders, such as type 2 diabetes and cancer. Despite environmental influences, genetic factors are known to play an important role in stature determination. A number of genetic determinants of adult height have alr...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Jianhua, Li, Mingyao, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Zhang, Haitao, Mentch, Frank D, Wang, Kai, Sleiman, Patrick M, Kim, Cecilia E, Glessner, Joseph T, Hou, Cuiping, Keating, Brendan J, Thomas, Kelly A, Garris, Maria L, Deliard, Sandra, Frackelton, Edward C, Otieno, F George, Chiavacci, Rosetta M, Berkowitz, Robert I, Hakonarson, Hakon, Grant, Struan FA
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2894790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20546612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-11-96