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Bayesian modeling for genetic anticipation in presence of mutational heterogeneity: a case study in Lynch syndrome.
Biometrics - 1 Dec 2011
Boonstra Philip S, Mukherjee Bhramar, Taylor Jeremy M G, Nilbert Mef, Moreno Victor, Gruber Stephen B
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Genetic anticipation, described by earlier age of onset (AOO) and more aggressive symptoms in successive generations, is a phenomenon noted in certain hereditary diseases. Its extent may vary between families and/or between mutation subtypes known to be associated with the disease phenotype. In this article, we posit a Bayesian approach to infer genetic anticipation under flexible random effects models for...
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