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Evaluation of candidate genes in case-control studies: a statistical method to account for related subjects.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 2001
Slager S L, Schaid D J
Abstract excerpt
Traditional case-control studies provide a powerful and efficient method for evaluation of association between candidate genes and disease. The sampling of cases from multiplex pedigrees, rather than from a catchment area, can increase the likelihood that genetic cases are selected. However, use of all the related cases without accounting for their biological relationship can increase the type I error rate of the...
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