Exploration of gene-gene interaction effects using entropy-based methods

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-235

  Dong, Changzheng ^a,b,c   Chu, Xun ^b   Wang, Ying ^b   Wang, Yi ^d   Jin, Li ^d   Shi, Tieliu ^a   Huang, Wei ^b,e   Li, Yixue ^a,f  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^b CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^f SHANGHAI CENTER FOR BIOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC MODEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 38349134867     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201921     Document Type: Article

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