Distinguishing the effects of maternal and offspring genes through studies of 'case-parent triads'

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 893-901

  Wilcox, Allen J ^a   Weinberg, Clarice R ^a   Lie, Rolv Terje ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Alleles; Case control studies; Epidemiologic methods; Genetic; Genetic markers; Linkage disequilibrium; Models; Statistical

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032211487     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009715     Document Type: Article

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