Genomics|Update|Non Communicable Diseases ► Chronic Diseases

Genomics|Update|Non Communicable Diseases

Volume 34  Number 2  January 15-22, 2015

Chronic Diseases

A combined genetic and clinical risk prediction model for postoperative atrial fibrillation
Kolek MJ, et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2015 Jan

Cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative screening and treatment strategies for heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia in the United States
Chen CX & Hay JW Int J Cardiol 2014 Dec;181C:417-24

Factors associated with uptake of genetics services for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Khouzam A, et al. J Genet Couns 2015 Jan

Practical guidelines for managing adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Fung WL, et al. Genet Med 2015 Jan

Small-scale high-throughput sequencing-based identification of new therapeutic tools in cystic fibrosis
Bonini J, et al. Genet Med 2015 Jan

Use of the nicotine metabolite ratio as a genetically informed biomarker of response to nicotine patch or varenicline for smoking cessation: a randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trial
Caryn Lerman, et al. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, January 2015

The doctor’s dilemma: Challenges in the diagnosis and care of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, by Seth Baum, J Clin Lipidology, December 2014

Patch or pills? How quickly smokers metabolize nicotine may point to most effective way to quit,Science Daily, Jan 11

How personalized medicine is changing: Alzheimer's disease, by Charlotte Huff, Genome Magazine, 2014