Variable set enrichment analysis in genome-wide association studies

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 893-900

  Yang, Wei ^a   De Las Fuentes, Lisa ^a   Dávila Román, Victor G ^a   Gu, C Charles ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 79960641926     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.46     Document Type: Article

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