Editorial: Defining the pathogenicity of DNA sequence variation

Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-97

  Ho, Carolyn Y ^a   Macrae, Calum A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Genetic testing; Genetics; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; METABOLOMICS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MEDICAL GENETICS; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; THERAPY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 77649199509     PISSN: 1942325X     EISSN: 19423268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.109.864793     Document Type: Editorial

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