An efficient hierarchical generalized linear mixed model for pathway analysis of genome-wide association studies

Bioinformatics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 686-692

  Wang, Lily ^a   Jia, Peilin ^a,b   Wolfinger, Russell D ^c   Chen, Xi ^a,d   Grayson, Britney L ^e   Aune, Thomas M ^e   Zhao, Zhongming ^a,b,e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAS INSTITUTE INC   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79951966907     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq728     Document Type: Article

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