Sampling strategies for rare variant tests in case-control studies

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1085-1091

  Zöllner, Sebastian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

burden test; family based; rare variants; study design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MODELS, GENETIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIGREE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84866538350     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.58     Document Type: Article

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