Appraising the value of genomic association studies

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1840-1842

  George, Alfred L ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MUTATION; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MUTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 54049107683     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2008050524     Document Type: Editorial

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