Genome-wide association studies: progress and potential for drug discovery and development.

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Published in Nat Rev Drug Discov on March 01, 2008

Authors

Stephen F Kingsmore1, Ingrid E Lindquist, Joann Mudge, Damian D Gessler, William D Beavis

Author Affiliations

1: National Center for Genome Resources, 2935 Rodeo Park Drive East, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, USA. sfk@ncgr.org

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