Issues in genetic testing for ultra-rare diseases: Background and introduction

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 309-313

  Ledbetter, David H ^a   Faucett, W Andrew ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CLIA; Clinical laboratories; Genetic testing; Rare disease testing; Research laboratories; Test translation; Ultra rare diseases

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNDING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; RARE DISEASE;

EID: 44449087537     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181729d99     Document Type: Note

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