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Autosomal Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis to Identify Loci for Gallbladder Wall Thickness in Mexican Americans
Narahari Samudrala, Vidya S. Farook, Gerald D. Dodd, Sobha Puppala, Jennifer Schneider, Sharon Fowler, Richard Granato, Thomas D. Dyer, Rector Arya, Laura Almasy, Christopher P. Jenkinson, Andrew K. Diehl, John Blangero, and Ravindranath Duggirala

Correlations Between Live and Stillbirth Outcomes in Twin Pairs
Johan Fellman and Aldur W. Eriksson

Do Surname Differences Mirror Dialect Variation?
Franz Manni, Wilbert Heeringa, Bruno Toupance, and John Nerbonne

Low Birth Weight and Allergy: Possible Pleiotropic Effect of ACP1
Fulvia Gloria-Bottini, Nunzio Bottini, Andrea Magrini, Gabriele Renzetti, Roberta Martinoli, Antonio Bergamaschi, and Egidio Bottini

Variation of DAT1 VNTR Alleles and Genotypes Among Old Ethnic Groups in Mesopotamia to the Oxus Region
Mohammad Mehdi Banoei, Morteza Hashemzadeh Chaleshtori, Mohammad Hossein Sanati, Parvin Shariati, Massoud Houshmand, Tay ebeh Majidizadeh, Niloofar Jahangir Soltani, and Massoud Golalipour

PCR-RFLP Genotyping of C1q Mutations and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Malaysian Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
C. H. Chew, K. H. Chua, L. H. Lian, S. M. Puah, and S. Y. Tan

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