MI-GWAS: A SAS platform for the analysis of inherited and maternal genetic effects in genome-wide association studies using log-linear models

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Agopian, AJ ^a   Mitchell, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECTS; GENETIC EFFECTS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES; INTEGRATED PLATFORM; LOG-LINEAR ANALYSIS; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MISSING DATA;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GENES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79954994407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-12-117     Document Type: Article

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