Basic statistical analysis in genetic case-control studies

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-133

  Clarke, Geraldine M ^a   Anderson, Carl A ^b   Pettersson, Fredrik H ^a   Cardon, Lon R ^c   Morris, Andrew P ^a   Zondervan, Krina T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79551665927     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.182     Document Type: Article

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