Using discordant sib pairs to map loci for qualitative traits with high sibling recurrence risk

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1376-1381

  Rogus, John J ^a   Krolewski, Andrzej S ^b  

^a JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0029849936     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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