Methods for meta-analysis in genetic association studies: A review of their potential and pitfalls

Human Genetics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Kavvoura, Fotini K ^a   Ioannidis, John P A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 38949210321     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-007-0445-9     Document Type: Review

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