Retrieve GWAS summary datasets from GWAS catalog 'gwascat.download takes a PMID from the user and downloads the associated summary statistics datasets published in GWAS catalog

Source: R/rapfunc.R

This function, takes PUBMED ids as an input, searches at the GWAS catalog for harmonised datasets associated to that, interactively asking the user to choose if there are more than one, and fetches the dataset.

gwascat.download(ID, harmonised = TRUE)

Arguments

ID

a numeric. A PubMed ID (PMID) reference number from a GWAS paper.

harmonised

a logical. Should GWAS catalog harmonised files be pursued? If not available, the function will fall back to non-harmonised

Value

a character vector containing the url(s) to the dataset(s).

Details

If multiple files are available for the same study, R will prompt an interactive dialogue to select a specific file, by number.

Author

Guillermo Reales