Gender-specific medicine in the genomic era

Clinical Science

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-7

  Legato, Marianne J ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Gender; Genomics; Male; Sex; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; GENDER SPECIFIC MEDICINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE;

GENETIC MARKER;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRECISION MEDICINE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84952012335     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20150551     Document Type: Review

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