## Abstract Genetic studies of complex diseases must confront two statistically difficult issues simultaneously. First, in many settings, to minimize the number of individuals to be genotyped, families enriched for disease must be oversampled. Also, statistical models in family studies should allow
Parameter estimation in ascertainment adjustment in complex diseases
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 73 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0741-0395
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