A likelihood ratio test of population Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for case-control studies

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-280

  Yu, Chang ^a   Zhang, Sanguo ^a   Zhou, Chuan ^a   Sile, Saba ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Genotype disease association; Hardy Weinberg equilibrium; Likelihood ratio test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING ERROR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 66249089031     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20381     Document Type: Article

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