Issues in genetic association studies: Limitations of statistical analysis and biological plausibility

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 906-907

  Van Der Velden, W J F M ^a   Feuth, T ^a   Stevens, W B C ^a   Donnelly, J P ^a   Blijlevens, N M A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 17F; INTERLEUKIN 23 RECEPTOR; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAZARD RATIO; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; LETTER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL TIME; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79958093117     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.211     Document Type: Letter

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