A likelihood ratio approach to family-based association studies with covariates

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-139

  Baksh, M F ^a   Balding, D J ^a   Vyse, T J ^b   Whittaker, J C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete trait; Interaction; Logistic model; Score

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33644816056     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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