nedeľa 1. júla 2007

causality, complex genetic disease

"Are we there yet?": Deciding when one has demonstrated specific genetic causation in complex diseases and quantitative traits. by Page GP et al, Am J Hum Gen 2003
back in 2003 was published nice overview of the causality concept of complex multifactorial polygenic diseases. author mentions Hill´s criteria for causality in epidemiological research, as well as those of Koch´s postulates, along with the review of causality concepts from the scientific to philosophical standpoint. Page discusses the common problem of causality vs association, and gives a step-by-step detailed treatise of what can be cause of a positive genetic association.

here you can read article in AJHG 2003

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