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Convergence of genetic influences in comorbidity.
BMC bioinformatics - 13 Mar 2012
McEachin Richard C, Sannareddy Keerthi S, Cavalcoli James D, Karnovsky Alla, Vink Jacqueline M, Sartor Maureen A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Predisposition to complex diseases is explained in part by genetic variation, and complex diseases are frequently comorbid, consistent with pleiotropic genetic variation influencing comorbidity. Genome Wide Association (GWA) studies typically assess association between SNPs and a single-disease phenotype. Fisher meta-analysis combines evidence of association from single-disease GWA studies, assuming...
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