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The use of case-parent triads to study joint effects of genotype and exposure.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Umbach D M, Weinberg C R
Abstract excerpt
Most noninfectious disease is caused by low-penetrance alleles interacting with other genes and environmental factors. Consider the simple setting where a diallelic autosomal candidate gene and a binary exposure together affect disease susceptibility. Suppose that one has genotyped affected probands and their parents and has determined each proband's exposure status. One proposed method for assessment of...
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