Fine-Mapping in African Americans of Eight Recently Discovered Genetic Loci for Plasma Lipids: The Jackson Heart Study Running title: Keebler et al.; Fine-mapping Lipid Loci in African Americans
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From the Massachusetts General Hospital (M.E.K., R.C.D, S.K.), Boston, MA; Broad Institute (M.E.K., A.S., D.K., C.G., N.B., S.K.), Cambridge, MA, Jackson State University (S.G.B., D.F.S, H.A.T.), Jackson, MS, University of Minnesota (M.W.S.), Minneapolis, MN, GV (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center (J.G.W.) Jackson, MS, University of Mississippi Medical Center (J.G.W., H.A.T.), Jackson, MS and Tougaloo College (H.A.T.), Tougaloo, MS.
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