title: Mitochondrial DNA as a risk factor for false positives in case-control association studies.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Medicina Legal, and Departamento de Anatomía Patolóxica e Ciencias Forenses, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia 15782, Spain. Electronic address: antonio.salas@usc.es.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salas
authors.affiliation: Mitochondrial Research Group, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Centre for Life, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK; Centre for Human Metabolomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
authors.forename: Joanna L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Elson
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial