The search for complex disease genes: Fault by linkage or fault by association?

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-149

  Baron, M ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Complex genetic diseases; Genome searches; Linkage; Susceptibility genes

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; COLON CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIFACTORIAL GENETIC DISORDER; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS);

EID: 0035115395     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000845     Document Type: Review

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