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Ability of Patients to Distinguish Among Cardiac Genomic Variant Subclassifications.
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine - 1 Jun 2018
Hellwig Lydia D, Biesecker Barbara B, Lewis Katie L, Biesecker Leslie G, James Cynthia A, Klein William M P
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BACKGROUND: Clinical genetic testing for heritable cardiovascular disease has become a widely used tool to aid in the management of patients and their families. A 5-category variant classification system is commonly used for genetic test results, but some laboratories further subclassify variants of uncertain significance. How and whether patients perceive differences among the variant categories or...
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