Analysis of case-parental control studies: method for the study of associations between disease and genetic markers.

Abstract excerpt

Case-control studies using parents of case subjects as the control subjects provide an innovative way to study associations of genetic markers with disease risk. This approach, sometimes called the haplotype-relative risk method, has received recent attention because the use of parents as control subjects may reduce or eliminate the confounding associated with differences in race, ethnicity, or genetic...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Alleles
• Share to Case-Control Studies
• Share to Genetic Diseases, Inborn