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Editorial
. 2017 Feb;17(2):318-319.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.14051. Epub 2016 Oct 12.

Validation Is Critical for Genome-Wide Association Study-Based Associations

W S Oetting  1 , P A Jacobson  1 , A K Israni  2   3   4
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Editorial

Validation Is Critical for Genome-Wide Association Study-Based Associations

W S Oetting et al. Am J Transplant. 2017 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: editorial/personal viewpoint; genetics; genomics; kidney transplantation/nephrology; microarray/gene array; molecular biology; molecular biology: single polynucleotide polymorphism; statistics.

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The authors of this manuscript have no conflicts of interest to disclose as described by the American Journal of Transplantation.

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