Editorial: Molecular biology and genetics in clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 431-434

  Whitfield, John B ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHARMACOGENETICS;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHARMACOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77949791052     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.114     Document Type: Editorial

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