Bayesian Test for Colocalisation between Pairs of Genetic Association Studies Using Summary Statistics

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Giambartolomei, Claudia ^a   Vukcevic, Damjan ^b   Schadt, Eric E ^c   Franke, Lude ^d   Hingorani, Aroon D ^a   Wallace, Chris ^e   Plagnol, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; GCKR GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IFT172 GENE; KPNB1 GENE; LIVER; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SORT1 GENE; SYPL2 GENE; TBKBP1 GENE; META ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE;

BAYES THEOREM; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84901631426     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004383     Document Type: Article

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