Strategy for mapping minor histocompatibility genes involved in graft- versus-host disease: A novel application of discordant sib pair methodology

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 595-607

  Lunetta, Kathryn L ^a,b   Rogus, John J ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Discordant sib pairs; Graft versus host disease; Linkage methods; Nonparametric linkage

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031738782     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1998)15:6<595::AID-GEPI4>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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