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Genome-wide association studies in nephrology: using known associations for data checks.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Feb 2015
Wuttke Matthias, Schaefer Franz, Wong Craig S, Köttgen Anna
Abstract excerpt
Prior to conducting genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of renal traits and diseases, systematic checks to ensure data integrity and analytical work flow should be conducted. Using positive controls (ie, known associations between a single-nucleotide polymorphism [SNP] and a corresponding trait) allows for identifying errors that are not apparent solely from global evaluation of summary statistics. Strong...
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