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MutaGeneSys: Estimating Individual Disease Susceptibility Based on Genome-Wide SNP Array Data
Stoyanovich J & Pe'er I
Bioinformatics 2007 Nov

A forest-based approach to identifying gene and gene gene interactions
Chen X, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Nov

5-HT1A gene variants and psychiatric disorders: a review of current literature and selection of SNPs for future studies
Drago A, et al.
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2007 Nov:1-21

Genetic association with rheumatoid arthritis-Genetic Analysis Workshop 15: summary of contributions from Group 2
Wilcox MA, et al.
Genet Epidemiol 2007 Nov;31(S1):S12-S21

Effect of linkage disequilibrium between markers in linkage and association analyses
Dupuis J
Genet Epidemiol 2007 Nov;31(S1):S139-S148

Issues in association mapping with high-density SNP data and diverse family structures
Bickeboller H, et al.
Genet Epidemiol 2007 Nov;31(S1):S22-S33

Genome-wide association analyses of expression phenotypes
Chen GK, et al.
Genet Epidemiol 2007 Nov;31(S1):S7-S11

Summary of contributions to GAW15 Group 13: candidate gene association studies
de Andrade M & Allen AS
Genet Epidemiol 2007 Nov;31(S1):S110-S117

A review of current approaches to identifying human genes involved in myopia
Tang WC, et al.
Clin Exp Optom 2008 Jan;91(1):4-22

HapMap coverage for SNPs in the Japanese population
Takeuchi F, et al.
J Hum Genet 2007 Nov

CHROMSCAN: genome-wide association using a linkage disequilibrium map
Collins A & Lau W
J Hum Genet 2007 Nov

Lung cancer susceptibility: are we on our way to identifying a high-risk group?
Kiyohara C, et al.
Future Oncol 2007 Dec;3(6):617-27

Smoking behavior and related cancers: The role of CYP2A6 polymorphisms
Nakajima M
Curr Opin Mol Ther 2007 Dec;9(6):538-44

The genetic determinants of atorvastatin response
Rodrigues AC, et al.
Curr Opin Mol Ther 2007 Dec;9(6):545-53

Constitutional polymorphisms of prostate cancer: prognostic and diagnostic implications
Hahn NM, et al.
Future Oncol 2007 Dec;3(6):665-82

 

Familial Aggregation of Hypospadias: A Cohort Study
Schnack TH, et al.
Am J Epidemiol 2007 Nov

Projecting Individualized Absolute Invasive Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women
Gail MH, et al.
J Natl Cancer Inst 2007 Nov

Risks of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Siblings: A Nationwide Epidemiological Study  from Sweden
Sundquist J, et al.
Neuroepidemiology 2007 Nov;29(3-4):178-84

Articles that report on population prevalence of genotypes, gene-disease associations, gene-environment and gene-gene interactions and evaluation of genetic tests. For more information on HuGE, please visit the HuGENet™ home page

For the week ending December 5, 2007, there are HuGE articles in the following areas:

Gene Variant Frequency
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Neoplasms
Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Mental Disorders
Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs
Diseases of the Circulatory System
Diseases of the Respiratory System
Diseases of the Digestive System
Diseases of the Genitourinary System
Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period
Injury and Poisoning
Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-defined Conditions

For more information on HuGE, please visit the HuGENet™ home page