Association studies in the presence of comorbidity: Design and analysis

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 355-360

  Wickramaratne, Priya J ^a,b,c,e   Hodge, Susan E ^a,b,c   Rotondo, Alessandro ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic; Association; Leptin; Log linear models; Major depression; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031694614     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980907)81:5<355::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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