A Knowledge-Based Method for Association Studies on Complex Diseases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Nazarian, Alireza ^a   Sichtig, Heike ^a   Riva, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROHN DISEASE; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE BASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84866083315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044162     Document Type: Article

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