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  1. Fields of Study
  2. epidemiology
  3. molecular epidemiology
  4. genome-wide association study
  1. Fields of Study
  2. epidemiology
  3. epidemiological studies
  4. genome-wide association study
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. surveys
  3. environmental surveys
  4. health surveys
  5. epidemiological studies
  6. genome-wide association study

Preferred term

genome-wide association study

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information An analysis comparing the allele frequencies of all available (or a whole genome representative set of) polymorphic markers in unrelated patients with a specific symptom or disease condition, and those of healthy controls to identify markers associated with a specific disease or condition.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2015

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • genome wide association analysis
  • genome-wide association scan
  • genome wide association studies
  • GWA study
  • whole genome association analysis
  • whole genome association study

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/243796

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