Polygenic Risk Scores: Improving the Prediction of Future Disease or Added Complexity?

Overview

Journal Br J Gen Pract

Specialty Public Health

Date 2022 Jul 28

PMID 35902257

Authors

Aya Ayoub

Jana McHugh

Judith Hayward

Imran Rafi

Nadeem Qureshi

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