Disease associations and family-based tests

Current Protocols in Human Genetics

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 58, 2008, Pages

  Ewens, Warren J ^a   Spielman, Richard S ^a   Kaplan, Norman L ^b   Gao, Xiaoyi ^c   Morris, Richard W ^c   Martin, Eden R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Genetic association; Genetic linkage; Linkage disequilibrium; TDT

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MARKER GENE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEGREGATION DISTORTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TRANSMISSION DISEQUILIBRIUM TEST; VALIDITY; ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; NUCLEAR FAMILY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEAR FAMILY; RESEARCH DESIGN; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPES;

EID: 48849114583     PISSN: 19348266     EISSN: 19348258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142905.hg0112s58     Document Type: Review

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