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Linkage analysis of complex disorders with multiple phenotypic categories: simulation studies and application to bipolar disorder data.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1997
Levinson D F
Abstract excerpt
The problem of linkage analysis of disorders with multiple possible phenotypes (diagnostic spectrum) is considered. A modification is proposed to Ott's [1994] method of down-weighting the contribution of broader diagnoses by reducing penetrance ratios for affected cases. A "robust weighting" strategy considers only the robustness of a set of ratios across a range of true genetic models. Practical models for...
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