polygenic risk score
Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006795
An assessment of the risk of a specific condition based on the collective influence of many genetic variants. These can include variants associated with genes of known function and variants not known to be associated with genes relevant to the condition. Also called PRS.
| Identifier | MLC-T-ONC-006795 |
|---|---|
| Field | Oncology and biomedicine |
| Synonyms | PRS |
| References | NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms |
Record as JSON
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