"Are We There Yet?": Deciding When One Has Demonstrated Specific Genetic Causation in Complex Diseases and Quantitative Traits

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 711-719

  Page, Grier P ^a,d   George, Varghese ^a,b   Go, Rodney C ^a   Page, Patricia Z ^c   Allison, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CANCER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EMPIRICISM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0142059667     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378900     Document Type: Editorial

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