Family study designs in the age of genome-wide association studies: Experience from the Framingham Heart Study

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-150

  Cupples, L Adrienne ^a  

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

Author keywords

Family study designs; Family based association tests; Linkage

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; HEART; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41649087366     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0b013e3282f73746     Document Type: Review

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