Modeling and E-M estimation of haplotype-specific relative risks from genotype data for a case-control study of unrelated individuals

Human Heredity

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 179-190

  Stram, Daniel O ^a   Pearce, Celeste Leigh ^a   Bretsky, Phillip ^a   Freedman, Matthew ^b   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^b,c,d   Altshuler, David ^b,c,e   Kolonel, Laurence N ^c   Henderson, Brian E ^a   Thomas, Duncan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate gene analysis; Case control studies; Haplotypes; htSNP; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

GENETTA;

EID: 0142156650     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073202     Document Type: Article

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