Clinical Uses of Common Genetic Variants Associated with Common Diseases
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Main result
With the impending era of relatively inexpensive genome sequencing in mind, we review the ways in which polygenic risk scores, along with the related field of pharmacogenomics, may be useful in clinical practice for the prevention and treatment of common diseases.
Appeared: Friday, September 25. New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed journal.