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Emerging Themes inEpidemiology BioMedCentral Analytic perspective Open Access Canweapply theMendelian randomization methodology without considering epigenetic effects? Ikechukwu UOgbuanu*, Hongmei Zhang andWilfried Karmaus Address: Department ofEpidemiology andBiostatistics, Norman JArnold School ofPublic Health, University ofSouth Carolina, USA E-mail: Ikechukwu UOgbuanu* -dr_iyke@; Hongmei Zhang -hzhang@; Wilfried Karmaus -karmaus@ *Corresponding author Published: 11May2009 Received: 21February 2008 Accepted: 11May2009 Emerging Themes inEpidemiology 2009, 6:3 doi:10.1186/1742-7622-6-3 Thi