Relationship estimation in affected sib pair analysis of late-onset diseases

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 69-77

  Göring, Harald H H ^a   Ott, Jürg ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affected sib pair analysis; Identity by descent; Late onset disease; Relationship estimation

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIBLING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030927756     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000484736     Document Type: Article

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