Characterization of Genome-Wide Association-Identified Variants for Atrial Fibrillation in African Americans

Jessica T. Delaney; Janina M. Jeff; Nancy J. Brown; Mias Pretorius; Henry E. Okafor; Dawood Darbar; Dan M. Roden; Dana C. Crawford

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032338

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Characterization of Genome-Wide Association-Identified Variants for Atrial Fibrillation in African Americans

Jessica T. Delaney,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Janina M. Jeff,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Nancy J. Brown,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Mias Pretorius,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Henry E. Okafor,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Dawood Darbar,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Dan M. Roden,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Dana C. Crawford

* E-mail: dana.crawford@chgr.mc.vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Characterization of Genome-Wide Association-Identified Variants for Atrial Fibrillation in African Americans

Jessica T. Delaney,
Janina M. Jeff,
Nancy J. Brown,
Mias Pretorius,
Henry E. Okafor,
Dawood Darbar,
Dan M. Roden,
Dana C. Crawford

Published: February 23, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032338

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