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Comparison of single-nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellites in detecting quantitative trait loci for alcoholism: the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of AlcoholismHelen Kim
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
BMC Genet 6:S5. 2005..78 cM (SNP1), and 0.31 cM (SNP2) were used to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting maximum number of alcoholic drinks consumed in a 24-hour period (Inmaxalc)...- Family history as a risk factor for stroke in young womenHelen Kim
Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:391-6. 2004..A population-based, case-control study was conducted to examine the association of FHS and risk of stroke in young women, and to determine whether the association is independent of other stroke risk factors... - Genome-wide linkage scan for the metabolic syndrome: the GENNID studyKaren L Edwards
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1596-601. 2008..1-2q13) in the white sample and on chromosome 3 (3q26.1-3q29) in the Mexican-American sample. In conclusion, the results suggest that several regions harbor MetS susceptibility genes and that heterogeneity may exist across groups... - Multiple genome-wide analyses of smoking behavior in the Framingham Heart StudyEllen L Goode
Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
BMC Genet 4:S102. 2003.... - Family history of diabetes as a potential public health toolTabitha A Harrison
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Am J Prev Med 24:152-9. 2003..Adequate levels of funding to further evaluate this approach and to develop appropriate tools should be made available for research activities focused on this important area... - The Prevalence of CYP2C8, 2C9, 2J2, and soluble epoxide hydrolase polymorphisms in African Americans with hypertensionAlbert W Dreisbach
Divisions of Nephrology and Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Hypertens 18:1276-81. 2005..We performed a case-control study to determine the prevalence of epoxygenase-related SNP in African American individuals and to evaluate whether these SNP are associated with increased risk of hypertension... - Endothelial nitric oxide synthase polymorphism (-786T->C) and increased risk of angiographic vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhageNerissa U Ko
Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Stroke 39:1103-8. 2008..Decreased availability of nitric oxide (NO) may be crucial in its pathogenesis. We hypothesized that endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) polymorphisms may determine susceptibility to vasospasm in SAH patients... - Association of tumor necrosis factor-alpha-238G>A and apolipoprotein E2 polymorphisms with intracranial hemorrhage after brain arteriovenous malformation treatmentAchal S Achrol
Center for Cerebrovascular Research and Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, California 94110, USA
Neurosurgery 61:731-9; discussion 740. 2007..We hypothesized that the risk of posttreatment ICH would also be greater in patients with brain arteriovenous malformations with these genotypes... - Racial/Ethnic differences in longitudinal risk of intracranial hemorrhage in brain arteriovenous malformation patientsHelen Kim
Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Stroke 38:2430-7. 2007..We evaluated whether race/ethnicity was a risk factor for ICH in the natural course in a large, multiethnic cohort of patients with brain arteriovenous malformation followed longitudinally... - Arteriovenous malformationWilliam L Young
J Neurosurg 106:731-2; author reply 732-3. 2007 - Weight, diet, and physical activity-related beliefs and practices among pregnant and postpartum Latino women: the role of social supportPamela L Thornton
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106, USA
Matern Child Health J 10:95-104. 2006..The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of social support on weight, diet, and physical activity-related beliefs and behaviors among pregnant and postpartum Latinas... - Antihypertensive and cognitive effects of grape polyphenols in estrogen-depleted, female, spontaneously hypertensive ratsNing Peng
Dept of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1900 Univ Blvd THT 950, Birmingham, AL 35294 0006, USA
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 289:R771-5. 2005..These results indicate that grape seed polyphenols decrease arterial pressure in SHR, probably via an antioxidant mechanism... - Increasing incidence of late second malignancies after conditioning with cyclophosphamide and total-body irradiation and autologous bone marrow transplantation for non-Hodgkin's lymphomaJennifer R Brown
Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:2208-14. 2005..Although the incidence of MDS/AML starts to plateau, the incidence of solid tumors continues to rise. Second malignancies are responsible for a significant fraction of overall mortality following ABMT... - FDG-PET is superior to gallium scintigraphy in staging and more sensitive in the follow-up of patients with de novo Hodgkin lymphoma: a blinded comparisonJonathan W Friedberg
James P Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
Leuk Lymphoma 45:85-92. 2004..However, more patients have persistently positive PET at the end of chemotherapy compared with gallium (P = 0.04), although only half of these patients have relapsed...