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How to interpret a genome-wide association study.
JAMA - 19 Mar 2008
Pearson Thomas A, Manolio Teri A
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association (GWA) studies use high-throughput genotyping technologies to assay hundreds of thousands of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and relate them to clinical conditions and measurable traits. Since 2005, nearly 100 loci for as many as 40 common diseases and traits have been identified and replicated in GWA studies, many in genes not previously suspected of having a role in the disease...
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