The 'circular' problems of calculating risk: Dealing with consanguinity

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-201

  Spence, M Anne ^a,b   Hodge, Susan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCIMC ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of inbreeding; Coefficient of relationship; Consanguinity; Inbreeding; Pedigrees; Recurrence risk

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INBREEDING; MALE; PEDIGREE; RECURRENCE RISK;

EID: 0033938973     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009420304149     Document Type: Article

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