APOE is not Associated with Alzheimer Disease: A Cautionary tale of Genotype Imputation

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-194

  Beecham, Gary W ^a   Martin, Eden R ^a   Gilbert, John R ^a   Haines, Jonathan L ^b   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^a  

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

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Apolipoprotein E; Imputation; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HUMAN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77953951189     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2010.00573.x     Document Type: Note

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