Translational medicine in genetic familial diseases: From the autopsy room to the molecular bench and vice versa

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 708-709

  Pleger, Sven T ^a   Koch, Walter J ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL LOSS; EDITORIAL; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE DISEASE;

FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 23444433401     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

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