Testing informative missingness in genetic studies using case-parent triads

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 992-1001

  Guo, Chao Yu ^a,b   Cupples, Laura Adrienne ^c   Yang, Qiong ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT GENE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; MISSING COMPLETELY AT RANDOM; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; RECESSIVE GENE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TESTING INFORMATIVE MISSINGNESS;

APOLIPOPROTEINS E; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENTS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 48249128740     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.38     Document Type: Article

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