Shifting paradigm of association studies: value of rare single-nucleotide polymorphisms.

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Published in Am J Hum Genet on January 01, 2008

Authors

Ivan P Gorlov1, Olga Y Gorlova, Shamil R Sunyaev, Margaret R Spitz, Christopher I Amos

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1: Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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