[The development and clinical implication of genetic tests].
Genetic testing is not performed as often as other clinical laboratory tests currently available. However, physicians will in the future be eager to analyze and diagnose the diseases at a genetic level, since the DNA sequence analysis of the human genome has been completed. Moreover, information on single nucleotide polymorphisms in disease susceptibility and drug responsiveness is increasing, and genetic testing based on this information will be utilized for the prevention of disease and order-made medicine. Hence, the demand for genetic tests will increase in the near future. In this review, the development and clinical implication of genetic tests will be discussed.
Nobori
Tsutomu
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Department of Laboratory Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine.
D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D010597:Pharmacogenetics; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA