The challenge of consent in clinical genome-wide testing. - PubMed - NCBI

The challenge of consent in clinical genome-wide testing. - PubMed - NCBI

Arch Dis Child. 2016 Apr 28. pii: archdischild-2013-304109. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304109. [Epub ahead of print]

The challenge of consent in clinical genome-wide testing.

Burke K1, Clarke A1.

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Abstract

Genome-wide testing methods include array comparative genomic hybridisation (aCGH), multiple gene panels, whole exome sequencing (WE) and whole genome sequencing (WGS). Here we introduce some of the key ethical and social considerations relating to informed consent for the testing of children, particularly the management of incidental findings and variants of unknown significance.

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KEYWORDS:

Ethics; General Paediatrics; Genetics; Neonatology

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27127186

 

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