The family history - More important than ever

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2333-2336

  Guttmacher, Alan E ^a   Collins, Francis S ^a   Carmona, Richard H ^b  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Office of the Surgeon General   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL GENETICS; ONCOGENE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PEDIGREE;

EID: 9244221094     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb042979     Document Type: Review

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