An evaluation of different meta-analysis approaches in the presence of allelic heterogeneity

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 709-712

  Asimit, Jennifer ^a   Day Williams, Aaron ^a   Zgaga, Lina ^b,c   Rudan, Igor ^b   Boraska, Vesna ^a,d   Zeggini, Eleftheria ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Genetic association; multiple rare variants; trans ethnic mapping

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLELIC HETEROGENEITY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861195544     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.274     Document Type: Article

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