Blood-based gene expression tests: Promises and limitations

Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-140

  Zeller, Tanja ^a   Blankenberg, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Blood based gene expression; Coronary artery disease; Editorials; Gene expression analysis; Gene expression score

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING;

EID: 84878049524     PISSN: 1942325X     EISSN: 19423268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.113.000149     Document Type: Editorial

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