Definition: An analysis comparing the allele frequencies of all available (or a whole GENOME representative set of) polymorphic markers in unrelated patients with a specific symptom or disease condition, and those of healthy controls to identify markers associated with a specific disease or condition.
Other names Study, Genome-Wide Association; Study, GWA; Studies, Genome-Wide Association; Studies, GWA; Genome-Wide Association Studies; Association Study, Genome-Wide; Association Studies, Genome-Wide; Whole Genome Association Study; GWA Studies; Whole Genome Association Analysis; Genome Wide Association Studies; Genome Wide Association Scan; GWA Study; Genome Wide Association Study; Genome Wide Association Analysis
