Secondary variants - In defense of a more fitting term in the incidental findings debate

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1331-1334

  Christenhusz, Gabrielle M ^a   Devriendt, Koenraad ^a   Dierickx, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

genetics; incidental findings; secondary variants

Indexed keywords

GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

GENETIC TESTING; GENETICS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS;

EID: 84887627966     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.89     Document Type: Review

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