Linkage analysis of complex disorders with multiple phenotypic categories: Simulation studies and application to bipolar disorder data

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 653-658

  Levinson, Douglas F ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Complex disorders; Linkage analysis; Lod score

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 18; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PENETRANCE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031455953     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:6<653::AID-GEPI17>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Conference Paper

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