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Genetic polymorphisms and multifactorial diseases: facts and fallacies revealed by the glucocorticoid receptor gene.
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM - 1 Dec 2005
van Rossum Elisabeth F C, Russcher Henk, Lamberts Steven W J
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In recent years enormous progress in determining the sequence of the human genome has led to a rapid development of research into polymorphisms in genes involved in complex diseases. It is clear, however, that there are important limitations in many of these association studies. Problems with reliable and reproducible phenotyping, the number of individuals studied, racial heterogeneity, population stratification...
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