Nonparametric linkage analysis using person-specific covariates

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 369-379

  Whittemore, Alice S ^a   Halpern, Jerry ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lod scores; Nonparametric linkage; Prostate cancer aggressiveness; Weighted scores

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 19P; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSTATE CANCER; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, GENETIC; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33745584814     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20153     Document Type: Article

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