Accredited genetic testing in the Arab Gulf region: Reinventing the wheel

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 673-674

  Zayed, Hatem ^a   Ouhtit, Allal ^b  

^a Qatar University   (Qatar)

^b Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NEWBORN SCREENING; OMAN; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QATAR; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; CONSANGUINITY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ARABS; CONSANGUINITY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS;

EID: 84979529993     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2016.22     Document Type: Letter

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