Use of phenotypic covariates in association analysis by sequential addition of cases

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 529-534

  Macgregor, Stuart ^a,b   Craddock, Nick ^a   Holmans, Peter A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Case only; Late onset Alzheimer's disease; Ordered subset analysis; Phenotype definition; Quantitative trait

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33646074053     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201604     Document Type: Article

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