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The application of genomic and proteomic technologies in predictive, preventive and personalized medicine.
Vascular pharmacology - 1 Nov 2006
Collins C D, Purohit S, Podolsky R H, Zhao H S, Schatz D, Eckenrode S E, Yang P, Hopkins D, Muir A, Hoffman M, McIndoe R A, Rewers M, She J X
Abstract excerpt
The long asymptomatic period before the onset of chronic diseases offers good opportunities for disease prevention. Indeed, many chronic diseases may be preventable by avoiding those factors that trigger the disease process (primary prevention) or by use of therapy that modulates the disease process before the onset of clinical symptoms (secondary prevention). Accurate prediction is vital for disease prevention...
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