Ethical issues raised by whole genome sequencing

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-279

  Pinxten, Wim ^a   Howard, Heidi Carmen ^b,c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Medical ethics; Next generation sequencing; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHICS; EXOME; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT;

MEDICAL ETHICS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

DATABASES, GENETIC; EXOME; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84899839648     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: 15321916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2014.02.004     Document Type: Review

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