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SUBMITTER: Verma A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5846687 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Verma Anurag A Ritchie Marylyn D MD
Current epidemiology reports 20171102 4
<h4>Purpose of review</h4>Over many decades, researchers have been designing studies to investigate the relationship between genotypes and phenotypes to gain an understanding about the effect of genetics on disease. Recently, a high-throughput approach called phenome-wide associations studies (PheWAS) have been extensively used to identify associations between genetic variants and many diseases and traits simultaneously. In this review, we describe the value of PheWAS along with methodological i ...[more]