Interpretation of genetic association studies in complex disease

Pharmacogenomics Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 349-360

  Campbell, H ^a   Rudan, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BAYES THEOREM; BIOINFORMATICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA ADDUCT; DNA METHYLATION; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036980077     PISSN: 1470269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.tpj.6500132     Document Type: Article

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