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A family-based association test to detect gene-gene interactions in the presence of linkage.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Sept 2012
De Lobel Lizzy, Thijs Lutgarde, Kouznetsova Tatiana, Staessen Jan A, Van Steen Kristel
Abstract excerpt
For many complex diseases, quantitative traits contain more information than dichotomous traits. One of the approaches used to analyse these traits in family-based association studies is the quantitative transmission disequilibrium test (QTDT). The QTDT is a regression-based approach that models simultaneously linkage and association. It splits up the association effect in a between- and a within-family genetic...
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