Association tests using unaffected-sibling versus pseudo-sibling controls

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Siegmund, Kimberly D ^a   Gauderman, W James ^a   Thomas, Duncan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional likelihood; Generalized transmission disequilibrium test; Genome screen; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SIMULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032749696     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.13701707120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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