Genetic risk information for common diseases may indeed be already useful for prevention and early detection

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-63

  Gulcher, J ^a   Stefansson, K ^a  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 74049131900     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2009.02233.x     Document Type: Review

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