Can Genetic Information Change the Clinical Care of Rheumatology Patients?

Given the important potential of pharmacogenetics, Dr. Gregersen said he’d like to see it become a routine part of medical care and that every patient should have this information routinely in their charts, covering a wide variety of medications.

Mary Beth Nierengarten is a freelance medical journalist based in Minneapolis.

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