Multilocus statistics to uncover epistasis and heterogeneity in complex diseases: Revisiting a set of multiple sclerosis data

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 573-584

  Böhringer, Stefan ^a,b   Hardt, Cornelia ^a   Miterski, Bianca ^b   Steland, Ansgar ^b   Epplen, Jörg T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allele combinations; Complex disease; Epistasis; Interaction; Multilocus statistics; Multiple sclerosis; Multiple testing

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICS;

EID: 0042921461     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201008     Document Type: Article

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