Assessing the impact of population stratification on genetic association studies

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 388-393

  Freedman, Matthew L ^a,b   Reich, David ^b,c   Penney, Kathryn L ^a,b   McDonald, Gavin J ^b,c   Mignault, Andre A ^c   Patterson, Nick ^b   Gabriel, Stacey B ^b   Topol, Eric J ^d   Smoller, Jordan W ^a,c   Pato, Carlos N ^e,f   Pato, Michele T ^e,f   Petryshen, Tracey L ^b   Kolonel, Laurence N ^g   Lander, Eric S ^b,h   Sklar, Pamela ^a,b,c   Henderson, Brian ⁱ   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^b,c,j   Altshuler, David ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Veterans Administration   (United States)

^f SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 12144285594     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1333     Document Type: Article

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