Investigating statistical epistasis in complex disorders

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 635-644

  Turton, James C ^a   Bullock, James ^a   Medway, Christopher ^a   Shi, Hui ^a   Brown, Kristelle ^a   Belbin, Olivia ^a   Kalsheker, Noor ^a   Carrasquillo, Minerva M ^b   Dickson, Dennis W ^b   Graff Radford, Neill R ^b   Petersen, Ronald C ^c,d   Younkin, Steven G ^b   Morgan, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex disorders; epistasis; LOAD; modeling; PLINK; synergy factor

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 80052834050     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2011-110197     Document Type: Article

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