Testing hardy-weinberg proportions in a frequency-matched case-control genetic association study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Jian ^a   Shete, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HARDY WEINBERG PROPORTION; HUMAN; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TEST; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; FEMALE; GENETICS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROBABILITY; SMOKING;

EID: 81055143757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027642     Document Type: Article

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