Interpreting results of large-scale genetic association studies: Separating gold from fool's gold

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 529-531

  Dupuis, Josée ^a   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BASE MISPAIRING; EDITORIAL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33846874791     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.5.529     Document Type: Editorial

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