Correcting for ascertainment bias of relative-risk estimates obtained using affected-sib-pair linkage data

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 307-321

  Cordell, Heather J ^a,b   Olson, Jane M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity by descent; Linkage analysis; Model free

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; VARIANCE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; RISK; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034068565     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(200004)18:4<307::AID-GEPI4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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