Nuevos enfoques para el diagnóstico molecular

Bruce R Korf1, Heidi L Rehm

  • 1Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 Second Ave S, Kaul 230, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. bkorf@uab.edu

JAMA
|April 11, 2013
PubMed
Resumen

Las pruebas genéticas y genómicas moleculares están avanzando rápidamente, ofreciendo nuevas capacidades de diagnóstico para trastornos raros y comunes. Los médicos ahora pueden aprovechar estas tecnologías de análisis de ADN para la medicina personalizada y la mejora de la atención al paciente.

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