Genetic counselors and genomic counseling in the united kingdom

Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 79-83

  Middleton, Anna ^a   Hall, Georgina ^b   Patch, Christine ^c,d  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85016897591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23249269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.123     Document Type: Note

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