Maternal genotype effects can alias case genotype effects in case-control studies

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 783-785

  Buyske, Steven ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INHERITANCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; RISK FACTORS;

ALIAS;

EID: 45749089363     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.74     Document Type: Article

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