MAX-rank: A simple and robust genome-wide scan for case-control association studies

Human Genetics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 617-623

  Li, Qizhai ^a,b   Yu, Kai ^a   Li, Zhaohai ^c,d   Zheng, Gang ^e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45049084571     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-008-0514-8     Document Type: Article

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