Genetic variation and health; towards individualized medicine

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages 540-544

  Polychronakos, Constantin ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allele frequency; Genetic association; Haplotype; Linkage disequilibrium; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 13444262369     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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