Validating therapeutic targets through human genetics.

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Published in Nat Rev Drug Discov on July 19, 2013

Authors

Robert M Plenge1, Edward M Scolnick, David Altshuler

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham And Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. rplenge@partners.org

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