Estimation of the multiple testing burden for genomewide association studies of nearly all common variants

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-385

  Pe'er, Itsik ^a   Yelensky, Roman ^b,c   Altshuler, David ^b,d,e   Daly, Mark J ^b,e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Association studies; Human genetics; Testing burden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE MAP; PHENOTYPE; STANDARD;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMETRY; DATABASES, GENETIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 43249125992     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20303     Document Type: Article

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