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Abstract #17618 Published in IGR 9-2
Genetic testing for inherited eye disease
Stone EMArchives of Ophthalmology 2007; 125: 205-212
The data, devices, and molecular techniques that have become part of the practice of medicine as a result of the Human Genome Project are for most clinicians both inspiring and intimidating. While the potential for tests that can help make very accurate diagnoses of rare genetic diseases and that can identify genetic predispositions to more common ones is exciting, the translation of this concept to practice has been slower and more complicated than most people would have imagined.
Dr. E.M. Stone, Carver Family Center for Macular Degeneration, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52245, USA. edwin-stone@uiowa.edu
Classification:
3.4.2 Gene studies (Part of: 3 Laboratory methods > 3.4 Molecular genetics)