Generalizing Terwilliger's likelihood approach: a new score statistic to test for genetic association
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background:</p> <p>In this paper, we propose a one degree of freedom test for association between a candidate gene and a binary trait. This method is a generalization of Terwilliger's likelihood ratio statistic and is especially powerful for the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/8/63 |