Non-replication of association studies: "Pseudo-failures" to replicate?

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 325-331

  Gorroochurn, Prakash ^a   Hodge, Susan E ^a,c   Heiman, Gary A ^b   Durner, Martina ^a   Greenberg, David A ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex diseases; Effect size; Replication fallacy; Replication probability

Indexed keywords

GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POPULATION GENETICS; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34250789692     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3180676d79     Document Type: Review

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