We have previously reported segregation analysis of alcoholism in 35 multigenerational families, each ascertained through a pair of male alcoholics by using the mixed model implemented by POINTER. This analysis suggested that liability to alcoholism was, in part, controlled by a major effect with or
A Frailty Model of Segregation Analysis: Understanding the Familial Transmission of Alcoholism
β Scribed by Heping Zhang; Kathleen Merikangas
- Book ID
- 110724784
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 944 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-341X
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