Variability in laboratory reporting practices for regions of homozygosity indicating parental relatedness as identified by SNP microarray testing

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 971-976

  Grote, Lauren ^a,b   Myers, Melanie ^a,b   Lovell, Anne ^a,b   Saal, Howard ^a,b   Sund, Kristen Lipscomb ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

consanguinity; heterozygosity; incest; microarray; regions of homozygosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSANGUINITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INCEST; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PARENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870656049     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: 15300366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2012.83     Document Type: Article

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