X-LRT: A likelihood approach to estimate genetic risks and test association with X-linked markers using a case-parents design

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 370-380

  Zhang, Li ^a,b   Martin, Eden R ^c   Chung, Ren Hua ^b   Li, Yi Ju ^b   Morris, Richard W ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Family based design; Hypothesis test; Maximum likelihood estimation; Sex linked

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PARENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENES, X-LINKED; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PARENTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PENETRANCE; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 43249130654     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20311     Document Type: Article

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