“Bridge to the Literature”? Third-Party Genetic Interpretation Tools and the Views of Tool Developers

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 770-781

  Nelson, Sarah C ^a   Fullerton, Stephanie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Direct to consumer genomic testing; Personal genomic testing; Third party interpretation; Variant interpretation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COUNSELOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIVACY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; SCREENING TEST;

DATA COLLECTION; DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER SCREENING AND TESTING; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 85041568501     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-018-0217-9     Document Type: Article

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