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Polygenic risk scores: a biased prediction?

A new study highlights the biases and inaccuracies of polygenic risk scores (PRS) when predicting disease risk in individuals from populations other than those used in their derivation. The design bias of workhorse tools used for research, particularly genotyping arrays, contributes to these distort...

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Autores principales: De La Vega, Francisco M., Bustamante, Carlos D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6309089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30591078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13073-018-0610-x