Tests for Covariate-Associated Heterogeneity in IBD Allele Sharing of Affected Relatives

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-60

  Mirea, Lucia ^a   Briollais, Laurent ^a,b   Bull, Shelley ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allele sharing scoring functions; Likelihood ratio test; Linkage analysis; Locus heterogeneity; Permutation distribution; T tests

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ENTERITIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; RELATIVE; SIBLING; STUDENT T TEST;

ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, GENETIC;

GENETTA;

EID: 0346101569     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.10294     Document Type: Article

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