Searching for complex disease genes: can it be made any easier?
- PMID: 7551968
- DOI: 10.1097/00041444-199522000-00007
Searching for complex disease genes: can it be made any easier?
Abstract
The search for complex disease genes is gaining momentum. Recent guidelines for expediting this effort, such as "intelligent" genome scanning and statistical criteria for detecting weak signals indicative of linkage, are discussed, with special reference to psychiatric disorders.
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