A multi-SNP association test for complex diseases incorporating an optimal P-value threshold algorithm in nuclear families

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Yi Ting ^a   Sung, Pei Yuan ^a   Lin, Peng Lin ^a   Yu, Ya Wen ^b   Chung, Ren Hua ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; FAMILY STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OPTIMAL P VALUE THRESHOLD PEDIGREE DSISEQUILIBRIUM TEST; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VALIDATION STUDY; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGY; DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84930199415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1620-3     Document Type: Article

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