Statistical methods for meta-analysis of microarray data: A comparative study

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-20

  Hu, Pingzhao ^a   Greenwood, Celia M T ^a,b,c   Beyene, Joseph ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Microarray; Quality weight

Indexed keywords

META-ANALYSIS; MICROARRAY; QUALITY WEIGHT;

BIOMARKERS; DATA REDUCTION; GENES; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

METADATA;

EID: 33144474308     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-005-6099-z     Document Type: Article

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