Will the revolution in genetics improve healthcare?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7870, 2012, Pages

  Smeeth, Liam ^a   Van Staa, Tjeerd ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROHN DISEASE; EDITORIAL; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NOD2 GENE; PHARMACOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; MALE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84865211315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4651     Document Type: Editorial

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