A non-parametric meta-analysis approach for combining independent microarray datasets: application using two microarray datasets pertaining to chronic allograft nephropathy.

BMC Genomics · 2008 · PMC2276496 · PMID 18302764

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Also, some effect sizes might be significant in one study but not the other; meta-analysis can discard these inconsistent effect sizes which may be caused by the uniqueness of samples in that study.

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