Implications of direct-to-consumer whole-exome sequencing in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 139-140

  Lombard, Zané ^a   Baine, Fiona ^a   Krause, Amanda ^a   Lochan, Anneline ^a   Macaulay, Shelley ^a   Spencer, Careni ^a   Aldous, Colleen ^b   De Vries, Jantina ^c   Fieggen, Karen ^c   Henderson, Bertram ^d   Hoal, Eileen ^e   Kinnear, Craig ^e   Kinsley, Noelene ^f   September, Alison ^c   Urban, Michael ^e   Soodyall, Himla ^a   Pepper, Michael ^g   Ramsay, Michele ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f GC Network Pty Ltd   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER ADVERTIZING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EXOME; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHICS; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84961309606     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i2.10534     Document Type: Editorial

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