Association of racial/ethnic categories with the ability of genetic tests to detect a cause of cardiomyopathy

JAMA Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 341-345

  Landry, Latrice G ^a,b,c,e   Rehm, Heidi L ^b,c,d,e  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^e Partners Center for Personalized Genomic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046040719     PISSN: 23806583     EISSN: 23806591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.5333     Document Type: Article

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