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Review

Rare-Variant Genome-Wide Association Studies: A New Frontier in Genetic Analysis of Complex Traits

Michael J WagnerInstitute for Pharmacogenomics & Individualized Therapy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC27599-7361, USA. [email protected]
Pages 413-424 | Published online: 25 Feb 2013

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