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Genetics and preventive health care.

Australian family physician - 1 Oct 2007

Emery Jon, Barlow-Stewart Kristine, Metcalfe Sylvia A, Sullivan David

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BACKGROUND: Advances in our understanding of the genetics of common chronic disease is beginning to impact on clinical practice and preventive health care. OBJECTIVE: This article discusses the potential for genetic medicine to inform disease prevention strategies. It describes two examples already affecting clinical general practice: familial hypercholesterolaemia and hereditary haemochromatosis. These represent...

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