Lessons from the genome-wide association studies for complex multifactorial disorders and traits

Vogel and Motulsky's Human Genetics: Problems and Approaches (Fourth Edition)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 287-297

  Beckmann, Jacques S ^a   Antonarakis, Stylianos E ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-37654-5_10     Document Type: Chapter

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