Medical implications of understanding complex disease traits.

doi:10.1016/s0958-1669(98)80134-1

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Medical implications of understanding complex disease traits.

Current opinion in biotechnology - 1 Dec 1998

Bell J

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The application of genetic mapping to human disease gene identification has led to the definition of many linkages and a few disease genes in complex traits over the past two years. Its application has also increased to include aspects of pharmacogenetics relating to pharmacokinetics and pharmaco...

Topics

Animals
Asthma
Autoimmune Diseases
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genetics, Medical
Humans
Obesity

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