Journal article
Identifying individuals at extreme risk of venous thromboembolism using polygenic risk scores
Abstract
Current risk assessment and treatment strategies for venous thromboembolism (VTE) consider genetic factors only in a limited way. New work shows a more pervasive role of common variants in VTE risk, inspiring genetic predictors that surpass and complement individual clinical risk factors and monogenic thrombophilia testing.
Authors
Chong M; Paré G
Journal
Nature Genetics, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 358–360
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
March 2023
DOI
10.1038/s41588-023-01330-0
ISSN
1061-4036