The repeatability of DNA methylation measures may also affect the power of epigenome-wide association studies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1460-1461

  Dugué, Pierre Antoine ^a   English, Dallas R ^a,b   MacInnis, Robert J ^a,b   Joo, Jihoon E ^c   Jung, Chol Hee ^d   Milne, Roger L ^a,b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; EPIGENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84943758794     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv189     Document Type: Letter

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