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ACOG Committee Opinion No. 409: Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Genetic Testing

1 Jun 2008

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Marketing of genetic testing, although similar to direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs, raises additional concerns and considerations. These include issues of limited knowledge among patients and health care providers of available genetic tests, difficulty in interpretation of genetic testing results, lack of federal oversight of companies offering genetic testing, and issues of privacy and...

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PMID: 18515540
DOI: 10.1097/aog.0b013e31817d250e

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