Genomics into Healthcare: The 5th Pan Arab Human Genetics Conference and 2013 Golden Helix Symposium

Human Mutation

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 637-640

  Fortina, Paolo ^a,b   Khaja, Najib Al ^c,d   Ali, Mahmoud Taleb Al ^d   Hamzeh, Abdul Rezzak ^d   Nair, Pratibha ^d   Innocenti, Federico ^e   Patrinos, George P ^f   Kricka, Larry J ^g  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c DUBAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United Arab Emirates)

^d CENTRE FOR ARAB GENOMIC STUDIES   (United Arab Emirates)

^e UNC Hamner Institute for Drug Safety Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^g HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnostics; Epigenetics; Genomics; Meeting report; NGS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYTOGENETICS; DUBAI; EPIGENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYMPOSIUM; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MEDICAL GENETICS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

CYTOGENETICS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84898772180     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: 10981004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.22530     Document Type: Article

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