Confounding by linkage disequilibrium

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 110-115

  Aissani, Brahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PLEIOTROPY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UTERUS MYOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; OBESITY;

EID: 84896834277     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2013.130     Document Type: Letter

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