Genetic analyses of complex behavioral disorders
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DCG: Disorders with Complex Genetics 10.1 Introduction: Complex genetic disorders and disorders with complex genetics
In medicine and medical genetics, one often encounters the phrase complex genetic disorder to refer to many common syndromes like diabetes, cancers, and hypertension. The definition of a complex genetic disorder is quite simple—it is a disorder that has something genetic going on but no one has a clue as to what the genetics are. The term complex genetic disorder is actually a misnomer because ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.7.2785