Genetic Analysis of Venous Thromboembolism in UK Biobank Identifies the ZFPM2 Locus and Implicates Obesity as a Causal Risk Factor [Original Articles]

Conclusions— For common diseases such as VTE, biobanks provide potential to perform genetic discovery, explore the phenotypic consequences for disease-associated variants, and test causal inference.

http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/short/10/2/e001643?rss=1

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics - April 3, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Klarin, D., Emdin, C. A., Natarajan, P., Conrad, M. F., the INVENT Consortium, Kathiresan, S. Tags: Genetic, Association Studies, Genetics, Thrombosis Original Articles Source Type: research