The genetics of complex diseases

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1999, Pages

  Thomson, Glenys ^a   Esposito, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033461143     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01909-5     Document Type: Review

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