Article
[Complex diseases: the importance of genetics].
Revue medicale de Liege - 1 Jan 2000
Libioulle C, Bours V
Abstract excerpt
Complex diseases usually harbour hereditary factors linked with multiple susceptibility genes. The additive effects of genetic and environmental factors are responsible for the pathology. The impact of heredity has been demonstrated through family studies, but also, and mostly, through the study of adopted people and twins. Recently, genome wide association studies (GWAS) allowed the identification of many...
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