Validating, augmenting and refining genome-wide association signals.

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Published in Nat Rev Genet on May 01, 2009

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John P A Ioannidis1, Gilles Thomas, Mark J Daly

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1: Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Ioannina 45110, Greece. jioannid@cc.uoi.gr

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