Disability and genetics in the era of genomic medicine

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 797-802

  Scully, Jackie Leach ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DISABLED PERSONS; EUGENICS; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREJUDICE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 52149099016     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2453     Document Type: Review

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