How much are we missing in SNP-by-SNP analyses of genome-wide association studies?

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 845-847

  Shi, Min ^a   Weinberg, Clarice R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOUTH MALFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 80053578928     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31822ffbe7     Document Type: Article

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