Comprehensive approach to analyzing rare genetic variants.

Recent findings suggest that rare variants play an important role in both monogenic and common diseases. Due to their rarity, however, it remains unclear how to appropriately analyze the association between such variants and disease. A common approach entails combining rare variants together based o...

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Main Authors: Thomas J Hoffmann, Nicholas J Marini, John S Witte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2972202?pdf=render