The effect of survival bias on case-control genetic association studies of highly lethal diseases.

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Published in Circ Cardiovasc Genet on February 03, 2011

Authors

Christopher D Anderson1, Michael A Nalls, Alessandro Biffi, Natalia S Rost, Steven M Greenberg, Andrew B Singleton, James F Meschia, Jonathan Rosand

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

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