Monte Carlo tests for associations between disease and alleles at highly polymorphic loci

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 97-105

  SHAM, P C ^a   CURTIS, D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028909113     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1995.tb01608.x     Document Type: Article

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