From disease association to risk assessment: an optimistic view from genome-wide association studies on type 1 diabetes.
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been fruitful in identifying disease susceptibility loci for common and complex diseases. A remaining question is whether we can quantify individual disease risk based on genotype data, in order to facilitate personalized prevention and treatment for compl...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-10-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2748686?pdf=render |