Genetic Bases for Predisposition to Common Multifactorial Disease in Man. Part I.
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nondisjunction in man . predisposition to Possible evidence for genetic
SIR, As discussed in our paper (J Med Genet 1987;24: 52-9) and in the comments by Dr Harris, the number of cases available for obtaining risk figures is very small and inadequate. Furthermore, there is considerable variability between the results of various studies. Statistical tests may not be appropriate until a larger sample size is available. Although the statistical analysis does not show ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1310-2818,1314-3530
DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2007.10817463