The relationship between the sibling recurrence-risk ratio and genotype relative risk

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 593-604

  Rybicki, Benjamin A ^a   Elston, Robert C ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING;

EID: 0033925805     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302778     Document Type: Article

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