Genetics of liver disease: immunogenetics and disease pathogenesis
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Genetics of liver disease: immunogenetics and disease pathogenesis.
Understanding the genetic basis of "complex disease" has been heralded as one of the major challenges of the post genome era. However what are "complex diseases" and how will understanding the genetics of such diseases advance medical science? There has been a great deal of "hype" about the potential of the human genome mapping project. The three major claims are that this information will: (a)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2003.031732