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Mendelian randomization analysis using mixture models for robust and efficient estimation of causal effects

Mendelian randomization (MR) has emerged as a major tool for the investigation of causal relationship among traits, utilizing results from large-scale genome-wide association studies. Bias due to horizontal pleiotropy, however, remains a major concern. We propose a novel approach for robust and effi...

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Autores principales: Qi, Guanghao, Chatterjee, Nilanjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6486646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31028273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09432-2