PBAT: Tools for Family-Based Association Studies

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 367-369

  Lange, Christoph ^a   DeMeo, Dawn ^b   Silverman, Edwin K ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^b   Laird, Nan M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; LETTER; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0842307348     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381563     Document Type: Letter

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