Attitudes of genetics professionals toward the return of incidental results from Exome and whole-genome sequencing

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-84

  Yu, Joon Ho ^a   Harrell, Tanya M ^a   Jamal, Seema M ^a   Tabor, Holly K ^a,b   Bamshad, Michael J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ATTITUDE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOME; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; THINKING; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; CHILD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN GENOME; MANPOWER; MEDICAL GENETICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; EXOME; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS;

EID: 84904034852     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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