At the Heart of the Genome: Rare Genetic Variation, Cardiovascular Disease, and Therapy
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Bick, Alexander George. 2014. At the Heart of the Genome: Rare Genetic Variation, Cardiovascular Disease, and Therapy. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.Abstract
Studies of large families with inherited single gene disorders identified a role of rare genetic variation as a cause of disease and enabled gene-based diagnosis. The increasing availability of population-scale genomic sequencing implies the potential to extend gene-based diagnosis from individuals with monogenic disease to the prediction of disease risk in the general population. Cardiovascular disease (CVD), as a highly heritable condition with significant public health burden, represents an excellent place to consider the promise and limitations of extending our understanding of rare variation in single gene disorders to the general population.Citable link to this page
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