Admixture Mapping Provides Evidence of Association of the VNN1 Gene with Hypertension

Xiaofeng Zhu; Richard S. Cooper

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001244

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Admixture Mapping Provides Evidence of Association of the VNN1 Gene with Hypertension

Xiaofeng Zhu ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: xzhu1@darwin.case.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Richard S. Cooper

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
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Admixture Mapping Provides Evidence of Association of the VNN1 Gene with Hypertension

Xiaofeng Zhu,
Richard S. Cooper

Published: November 28, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001244

About the Authors

Xiaofeng Zhu

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: xzhu1@darwin.case.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Richard S. Cooper

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC XZ. Analyzed the data: XZ. Wrote the paper: RC XZ.

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