A groupwise association test for rare mutations using a weighted sum statistic

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Madsen, Bo Eskerod ^a   Browning, Sharon R ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; EVALUATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION;

EID: 61449168010     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000384     Document Type: Article

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