Genomic medicine in Mexico: Initial steps and the road ahead

Genome Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1191-1198

  Jimenez Sanchez, Gerardo ^a   Silva Zolezzi, Irma ^a   Hidalgo, Alfredo ^a   March, Santiago ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA GENÓMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CANCER GENETICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICINE; MEXICO; NEOPLASM; NUTRIGENOMICS; OBESITY; PHARMACOGENOMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DEMOGRAPHY; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MEXICO; PRIMARY PREVENTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 48949084636     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.065359.107     Document Type: Review

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