Direct power comparisons between simple LOD scores and NPL scores for linkage analysis in complex diseases

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 847-857

  Abreu, Paula C ^a   Greenberg, David A ^c   Hodge, Susan E ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SIMULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033362231     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302536     Document Type: Article

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