Latent class model with familial dependence to address heterogeneity in complex diseases: Adapting the approach to family-based association studies

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-189

  Bureau, Alexandre ^a,b   Croteau, Jordie ^a   Tayeb, Arafat ^a   Mérette, Chantal ^a,b   Labbe, Aurélie ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism sub types; Gene mapping; Multivariate phenotype; Score test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FAMILY BASED ASSOCIATION TEST; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DATABASES, GENETIC; DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

EID: 79952509661     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20566     Document Type: Article

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