Predictive Value of Genetic Markers for Heart Disease Still Lacking, Study Finds

Feb 17, 2010

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Traditional risk factors still trump genetic markers for predicting heart disease risk, according to a study of more than 19,300 women appearing online today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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