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Genetic diagnosis and testing in clinical practice.

Clinical medicine & research - 1 Jun 2006

McPherson Elizabeth

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Genetic testing is defined as "the analysis of human DNA, RNA, chromosomes, proteins and certain metabolites in order to detect heritable disease-related genotypes, mutations, phenotypes or karyotypes for clinical purposes." This article focuses on diagnostic and predictive genetic testing. The latter includes presymptomatic testing, which identifies individuals who are expected to become ill in the future and...

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PMID: 16809405
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.4.2.123
PMCID: PMC1483893

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