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Does accounting for gene-environment (GxE) interaction increase the power to detect the effect of a gene in a multifactorial disease?
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Apr 2003
Selinger-Leneman Hana, Genin Emmanuelle, Norris Jill M, Khlat Myriam
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Despite tremendous efforts, few genes involved in the susceptibility for complex disorders have been identified. One explanation is that these disorders are a result of an interaction between genes and environment, and under such conditions, it may be difficult to measure the true genetic effect without accounting for the interaction. Umbach and Weinberg ([2000] Am. J. Hum. Genet. 66:251-261) proposed an...
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