A method for estimating penetrance from families sampled for linkage analysis

Biometrics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1081-1088

  Wang, Yuanjia ^a   Ottman, Ruth ^b,c   Rabinowitz, Daniel ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Bayes formula; Epilepsy; Genetics; Risk

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; GENES; RISK PERCEPTION;

AGE AT ONSET; BAYES FORMULA; EPILEPSY; GENE VARIANTS; GENETIC; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE CARRIERS; RISK ESTIMATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOMETRY; DISEASE; GENE; HEALTH RISK; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PENETRANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33845499710     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2006.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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