Synthetic associations in the context of genome-wide association scan signals.

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Published in Hum Mol Genet on August 30, 2010

Authors

Gisela Orozco1, Jeffrey C Barrett, Eleftheria Zeggini

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1: Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

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