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Mapping loci influencing blood pressure in the Framingham pedigrees using model-free LOD score analysis of a quantitative trait

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Mapping loci influencing blood pressure in the Framingham pedigrees using model-free LOD score analysis of a quantitative trait. / Knight, Jo; North, Bernard V.; Sham, Pak C. et al.
In: Genetics, Vol. 4 , No. Suppl. 1, S74, 31.12.2003.

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Knight J, North BV, Sham PC, Curtis D. Mapping loci influencing blood pressure in the Framingham pedigrees using model-free LOD score analysis of a quantitative trait. Genetics. 2003 Dec 31;4 (Suppl. 1):S74. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-4-S1-S74

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title = "Mapping loci influencing blood pressure in the Framingham pedigrees using model-free LOD score analysis of a quantitative trait",
abstract = "This paper presents a method of performing model-free LOD-score based linkage analysis on quantitative traits. It is implemented in the QMFLINK program. The method is used to perform a genome screen on the Framingham Heart Study data. A number of markers that show some support for linkage in our study coincide substantially with those implicated in other linkage studies of hypertension. Although the new method needs further testing on additional real and simulated data sets we can already say that it is straightforward to apply and may offer a useful complementary approach to previously available methods for the linkage analysis of quantitative traits.",
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author = "Jo Knight and North, {Bernard V.} and Sham, {Pak C.} and David Curtis",
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AU - Sham, Pak C.

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KW - Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5

KW - Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8

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KW - Epidemiologic Studies

KW - Family

KW - Female

KW - Genetic Testing

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KW - Hypertension

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KW - Models, Genetic

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