Semiparametric estimation of major gene effects for age of onset

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-298

  Li, Hongzhe ^a   Thompson, Elizabeth A ^b   Wijsman, Ellen M ^b,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Cox model; Frailty model; Gibbs sampler; Partial likelihood

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031923129     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2272(1998)15:3<279::aid-gepi6>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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