Use of siblings as controls in case-control association studies

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-333

  Curtis, D ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MARKER GENE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; NUCLEAR FAMILY;

EID: 0030669122     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000348009700626X     Document Type: Article

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