Software application profile: Mrrobust - A tool for performing two-sample summary Mendelian randomization analyses

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 664-690

  Spiller, Wes ^a   Davies, Neil M ^a   Palmer, Tom M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IVW; Mendelian randomization; MR Egger; Stata; Summary MR; weighted median

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GENOME; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85072649072     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy195     Document Type: Article

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