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Bayesian analysis for cystic fibrosis risks in prenatal and carrier screening.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Ogino Shuji, Wilson Robert B, Gold Bert, Hawley Pamela, Grody Wayne W
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PURPOSE: Risk assessment is an essential component of genetic counseling and testing, and Bayesian analysis plays a central role in complex risk calculations. We previously developed generalizable Bayesian methods to calculate the autosomal recessive disease risk of a fetus when one or no mutation is detected, and another, independent risk factor is present. Our methods are particularly useful for calculating the...
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