Design and analysis of multiple diseases genome-wide association studies without controls

Gene

Volumn 510, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-92

  Chen, Zhongxue ^a   Huang, Hanwen ^b   Ng, Hon Keung Tony ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chi square partition; Genetic association; Robust test; SNP; Trend test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN;

ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84866897251     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.07.089     Document Type: Article

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