Meta-analysis of gene-level tests for rare variant association

Nature Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 200-204

  Liu, Dajiang J ^a   Peloso, Gina M ^b   Zhan, Xiaowei ^a   Holmen, Oddgeir L ^c,d   Zawistowski, Matthew ^a   Feng, Shuang ^a   Nikpay, Majid ^e   Auer, Paul L ^f,g   Goel, Anuj ^h,i   Zhang, He ^j   Peters, Ulrike ^f,k   Farrall, Martin ^h,i   Orho Melander, Marju ^i,l   Kooperberg, Charles ^f,k   Mcpherson, Ruth ^e   Watkins, Hugh ^h,i   Willer, Cristen J ^j   Hveem, Kristian ^c,m   Melander, Olle ^i,l   Kathiresan, Sekar ^b,n   Abecasis, Gonçalo R ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^m Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

ⁿ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXOME; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXOME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84895808047     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2852     Document Type: Article

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