The Achilles’ Heel of Cardiovascular Genetic Testing: Distinguishing Pathogenic Mutations From Background Genetic Noise
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0009-9236,1532-6535
DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2011.192