Use of computer simulation to evaluate a putative cluster of genetic or teratologic outcomes: Adjustment for 'multiple hypotheses' and application to a reported excess of Down's syndrome

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-145

  Hook, Ernest B ^a,b   Carothers, Andrew D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computer simulation; Down's syndrome; genetic outcome; multiple hypotheses; teratologic outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; GENE CLUSTER; HYPOTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TERATOLOGY;

EID: 0030961510     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:2<133::AID-GEPI3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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