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Use of allele scores as instrumental variables for Mendelian randomization

Background An allele score is a single variable summarizing multiple genetic variants associated with a risk factor. It is calculated as the total number of risk factor-increasing alleles for an individual (unweighted score), or the sum of weights for each allele corresponding to estimated genetic e...

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Autores principales: Burgess, Stephen, Thompson, Simon G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24062299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyt093