Robust tests for matched case-control genetic association studies

BMC Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zang, Yong ^a   Fung, Wing K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC MODEL EXCLUSION; GENETIC MODEL SELECTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MISMATCH REPAIR; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; SARCOIDOSIS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 77957737930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-11-91     Document Type: Article

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