Opportunity knocks: The pathologist as laboratory genetics consultant

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1603-1604

  Klein, Roger D ^a   Kant, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGENT;

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGIST; PHARMACOGENETICS; PREDICTION; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CONSULTANTS; FEES AND CHARGES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETICS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 33750581836     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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