Transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) for case - Control studies

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-114

  Ruiz Narváez, Edward ^a   Campos, Hannia ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Genetic epidemiology; Transmission disequilibrium test

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MATING; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 1342303648     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201099     Document Type: Article

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