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Age of onset and effect size in genome-wide association studies.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Nov 2012
Agopian A J, Eastcott Lisa M, Mitchell Laura E
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BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many susceptibility loci for complex traits, but have not identified the majority of the genetic contribution to common diseases. We explored whether the magnitude of associations detected in GWAS and, therefore, the likelihood of detecting a significant association for a given sample size, is generally greater for childhood-onset traits (e.g.,...
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