Estimation of transmission probabilities in families ascertained through a proband with variable age-at-onset disease: Application to the HLA A, B and DR loci in finnish families with type 1 diabetes

Human Heredity

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 308-317

  Pitkäniemi, Janne ^a   Onkamo, Päivi ^a   Arjas, Elja ^a   Tuomilehto Wolf, Eva ^a   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ascertainment; HLA; IDDM; Recruitment window; Transmission probability; Variable age at onset

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; DIABETOGENESIS; FAMILY STUDY; FINLAND; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; ONSET AGE; PROBABILITY; REGISTER;

EID: 0343603356     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022933     Document Type: Article

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