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Association between health-service use and multiplex genetic testing.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Oct 2012
Reid Robert J, McBride Colleen M, Alford Sharon Hensley, Price Cristofer, Baxevanis Andreas D, Brody Lawrence C, Larson Eric B
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The objective of this work was to examine whether offers of multiplex genetic testing increase health-care utilization among healthy patients aged 25-40 years. The identification of genetic variants associated with common disease is accelerating rapidly. "Multiplex tests" that give individuals feedback on large panels of genetic variants have proliferated. Availability of these test results may prompt...
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