Prospects for using risk scores in polygenic medicine

Genome Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Lewis, Cathryn M ^a,b   Vassos, Evangelos ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; POLYGENIC RISK SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; RISK;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK;

EID: 85034084482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-017-0489-y     Document Type: Note

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