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review · 2016 · en

Epigenome-Wide Association Studies and the Interpretation of Disease -Omics

Birney E, Smith GD, Greally JM

PLOS Genetics 12(6):e1006105

Evidencia · SeminalOpen Access
DOI · 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006105

Síntesis

Influential methodological critique by Ewan Birney: most EWAS findings cannot distinguish cause from consequence, are vulnerable to reverse causation and cell-type confounding, and require Mendelian randomization or longitudinal designs.

Etapas

transversal

Dominios

epigenetics, behavioral-genetics

Tags

EWAS · critique · reverse-causation · confounding · Birney · methylation-interpretation

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