Sampling strategies for model free linkage analyses of quantitative traits: Implications for sib pair studies of reading and spelling disabilities to minimize the total study cost

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1999, Pages 35-39

  Ziegler, Andreas ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Extreme sib pair approach; Genetic epidemiology; Language disorder; Speech disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DYSLEXIA; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIBLING;

EID: 0032734783     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00010691     Document Type: Article

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