Association mapping of complex diseases in linked regions: Estimation of genetic effects and feasibility of testing rare variants

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-43

  Wang, William Y S ^a   Cordell, Heather J ^a   Todd, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Gene environment interaction; Genotype relative risk; Replication; Sample size; Sibling relative risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; RECURRENCE RISK;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; RARE DISEASES; SAMPLE SIZE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037224762     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.10216     Document Type: Article

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