Next-generation sequencing in congenital heart disease: Do new brooms sweep clean?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 2507-2509

  Andelfinger, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Candidate gene panels; Congenital heart disease; Next generation sequencing; Whole exome sequencing

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WHOLE EXOME SEQUENCING; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84926380841     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.09.049     Document Type: Editorial

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