Fast and robust association tests for untyped SNPs in case-control studies

Human Heredity

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-176

  Allen, Andrew S ^a   Satten, Glen A ^b   Bray, Sarah L ^d   Dudbridge, Frank ^d,e   Epstein, Michael P ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control study; Efficient score; Genome wide association study; Genotype imputation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MARKOV CHAINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77955105135     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000308456     Document Type: Article

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