Evaluating genetic heterogeneity in complex disorders

Human Heredity

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 216-226

  Pal, Deb K ^a,b   Greenberg, David A ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture test; Ascertainment; Complex diseases; Genetic heterogeneity; Linkage analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; REDUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FAMILY; GENETICS; PENETRANCE;

FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MODELS, GENETIC; PENETRANCE;

EID: 0036440770     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066195     Document Type: Article

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