Postmortem medicolegal genetic diagnostics also require reporting guidance

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 329-330

  Sajantila, Antti ^a,b   Budowle, Bruce ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CONSULTATION; EXHUMATION; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; STANDARDS;

DISCLOSURE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS;

EID: 84958105990     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.247     Document Type: Letter

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