The use of diseased control groups in genetic association studies

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2 SUPPL.53, 2009, Pages

  Esen, Fehim ^a   Celik, Ahsen ^a   Yazici, Hasan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diseased controls; Genetic association; Polymorphism; Specificity

Indexed keywords

CONTROL GROUP; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTROL GROUPS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 70350167860     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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