A non-threshold region-specific method for detecting rare variants in complex diseases.

A region-specific method, NTR (non-threshold rare) variant detection method, was developed-it does not use the threshold for defining rare variants and accounts for directions of effects. NTR also considers linkage disequilibrium within the region and accommodates common and rare variants simultaneo...

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Main Authors: Ai-Ru Hsieh, Dao-Peng Chen, Amrita Sengupta Chattopadhyay, Ying-Ju Li, Chien-Ching Chang, Cathy S J Fann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5708778?pdf=render