GPA: A Statistical Approach to Prioritizing GWAS Results by Integrating Pleiotropy and Annotation

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Chung, Dongjun ^a,b   Yang, Can ^a,c,d   Li, Cong ^a   Gelernter, Joel ^c,e   Zhao, Hongyu ^a,c,f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLADDER CANCER; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS INCORPORATING PLEIOTROPY AND ANNOTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84912117315     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004787     Document Type: Article

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