From rumors to genetic isolates

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages 186-193

  Castilla, Eduardo E ^a   Schuler Faccini, Lavinia ^b  

^a Centro Nacional de Genetica Medica de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Disease clustering; Genetic diseases; Population registers; Rumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SEEKING; POPULATION GENETICS; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84901652877     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572014000200005     Document Type: Article

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