Power and related statistical properties of conditional likelihood score tests for association studies in nuclear families with parental genotypes

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 296-314

  Li, Zhaohai ^a,b   Gastwirth, J L ^a,b   Gail, M H ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FAMILY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATING TYPE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 18144393081     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/J.1469-1809.2005.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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