Genetics in the context of medical practice

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1533-1534

  Karanjawala, Zarir E ^a   Collins, Francis S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; TACRINE;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; GENE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032483720     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.17.1533-JMS1104-3-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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