Gain of power of the general regression model compared to Cochran-Armitage Trend tests: simulation study and

Marie-Hélène Dizier1, Florence Demenais1, Flavie Mathieu2

  • 1Genetic Variation and Human Diseases Unit, UMR-946, Inserm, Université Paris Diderot, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.

BMC Genetics
|March 12, 2017
PubMed
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