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Ethical and policy issues in pediatric genetics.

Ross LF

Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. lross@uchicago.edu

This article presents an overview to a special issue on ethical and policy issues in pediatric genetics. It discusses challenges to current practices and policies with regard to newborn screening, biobanking initiatives, and predictive genetic testing of minors.

Published 29 January 2008 in Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet, 148(1): 1-7.
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