A weighted accumulation test for associating rare genetic variation with quantitative phenotypes

BMC Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2011, Pages

  Xing, Chuanhua ^a,b   Satten, Glen A ^c   Allen, Andrew S ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 82455183367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17536561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-5-S9-S6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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