Robust trend tests for genetic association using matched case-control design

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3160-3173

  Zheng, Gang ^a   Tian, Xin ^a   Weinberger, Steven E ^b,o   Finn, Patricia ^b,x   Garpestad, Erik ^b   Moran, Allison ^b   Yeager Jr , Henry ^c   Rabin, David L ^c   Stein, Susan ^c   Iannuzzi, Michael C ^d,g,z   Rybicki, Benjamin A ^d   Major, Marcie ^d   Maliarik, Mary ^d,p   Popovich Jr , John ^d   Moller, David R ^e,z   Johns, Carol J ^e   Rand, Cynthia ^e   Steimel, Joanne ^e   Judson, Marc A ^f,z   Alessandro, Susan D ^f   Heister, Nancy ^f   Johnson, Theresa ^f   Lackland, Daniel T ^f   Pandey, Janardan ^f,t   Sahn, Steven ^f   Strange, Charlie ^f   Teirstein, Alvin S ^g,z   DePalo, Louis ^g   Brown, Sheldon ^g,u   Lesser, Marvin ^g,u   Padilla, Maria L ^g   Marshall, Marilyn ^g   Newman, Lee S ^h,z   Rose, Cecile ^h   Barnard, Juli ^h   Baughman, Robert P ^i,z   Lower, Elysc E ⁱ   Winget, Donna B ⁱ   McLennan, Geoffrey ^j,w,z   Hunninghake, Gary ^j,w   Dayton, Chuck ^j   Powers, Linda ^j   Rossman, Milton D ^k,z   Bresnitz, Eddy A ^k   Daniele, Ronald ^k   Regovich, Jackie ^k   Sexauer, William ^k   Musson, Robert ^a   Deshler, Joanne ^a,z   Sorlie, Paul ^a   Wu, Margaret ^a   Cherniak, Reuben ^z   Newman, Lee ^v,z   Knatterud, Genell L ^l,z   Terrin, Michael L ^l,z   Thompson, Bruce W ^l   Brown, Kathleen ^l   Frederick, Margaret ^l   LoPresti, Frances ^l   Wilkins, Patricia ^l   Canner, Martha ^l   Dotson, Judy ^l   Lindenfelser, Steve ^m   Cosentino, Mark ⁿ   Baughman, Robert ^q   Rossman, Milton ^r   Monos, Dimitri ^r   Lee, Chung Wha ^r   Moller, David ^s   Almenoff, Peter ^u   Brett, Ian ^u   Kotzin, Brian ^v   Jaffe, Richard D ^y   Cherniack, Reuben ^z   Musson, Robert A ^z   Martin, William ^z   Ashikaga, Takamaru ^z   Coultas, David B ^z   Davis, Gerald S ^z   Gifford, Fred ^z   more..

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^l Clinical Trials & Surveys Corp   (United States)

^m McKesson   (United States)

ⁿ BBI Biotech Research Laboratories   (United States)

^o AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^p DNA Core Laboratory

^q BAL Central Laboratory

^r HLA Class II Typing Laboratory

^s Etiologic Antigen in Kveim Reagent Laboratory

^t Immunogenetics Laboratory

^u L Forms Core Laboratory

^v Pathogenic T Cells Laboratory

^w Ribosomal DNA Core Laboratory

^x RNA Core Laboratory

^y Random Digit Dialing Interview Group

^z Telesurveys Research Associates ^*

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Author keywords

Case control study; MAX; MERT; Score test; Variable matching

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PENETRANCE; SARCOIDOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 33748600432     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2278     Document Type: Article

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