Improving the power to detect risk variants for allergic disease by defining case-control status based on both asthma and hay fever

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 505-511

  Ferreira, Manuel A R ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

allergy; gene; genetic correlation; multivariate; pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84914094675     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2014.59     Document Type: Article

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