Contrasting genetic architectures of schizophrenia and other complex diseases using fast variance-components analysis

Nature Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1385-1392

  Loh, Po Ru ^a,b   Bhatia, Gaurav ^a,b   Gusev, Alexander ^a,b   Finucane, Hilary K ^c   Bulik Sullivan, Brendan K ^b,d   Pollack, Samuela J ^a,b   De Candia, Teresa R ^e   Lee, Sang Hong ^f,g   Wray, Naomi R ^j   Kendler, Kenneth S ^f   O'Donovan, Michael C ^h   Neale, Benjamin M ⁱ   Patterson, Nick ^b,d   Price, Alkes L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^h VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Cardiff University   (United Kingdom)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAST VARIANCE COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AGING; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR;

AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 85000643907     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.3431     Document Type: Article

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