Genome-wide association studies: hypothesis-"free" or "engaged"?

Translational Research

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 161-164

  Kitsios, Georgios D ^a,b   Zintzaras, Elias ^a,b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPY NUMBER VARIANT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME WIDE ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 70249115596     PISSN: 19315244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2009.07.001     Document Type: Note

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