What makes a good genetic association study?

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9493, 2005, Pages 1315-1323

  Hattersley, Andrew T ^a   McCarthy, Mark I ^b,c  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 26244444318     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67531-9     Document Type: Review

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