The Israeli national genetic database

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 373-375

  Zlotogora, Joël ^a   van Baal, Sjozef ^b   Patrinos, George P ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arabs; Database; Genetics; Israel; Jews

Indexed keywords

ARAB; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; ETHNICITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; ISRAEL; JEW; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARABS; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS;

EID: 69249141503     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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