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Analysis of VUS reporting, variant reinterpretation and recontact policies in clinical genomic sequencing consent forms.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Dec 2018
Vears Danya F, Niemiec Emilia, Howard Heidi Carmen, Borry Pascal
Abstract excerpt
There are several key unsolved issues relating to the clinical use of next generation sequencing, such as: should laboratories report variants of uncertain significance (VUS) to clinicians and/or patients? Should they reinterpret VUS in response to growing knowledge in the field? And should patients be recontacted regarding such results? We systematically analyzed 58 consent forms in English used in the...
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