Validating therapeutic targets through human genetics

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Year: 2013
Type: review
Volume: 12
Issue: 8
Pages: 581-594
Citations: 732
Access: Closed

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                                    Robert M. Plenge, 
                                
                                    Edward M. Scolnick, 
                                
                                    David Altshuler
                                
                            (2013). 
                            Validating therapeutic targets through human genetics. 
                            Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
                            , 12
                            (8)
                            , 581-594.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd4051

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DOI: 10.1038/nrd4051