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Resolving the impasse on predictive genetic testing in minors: will more evidence be the solution?
- Correspondence to Dr Nicola Kerruish, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9013, New Zealand; nikki.kerruish{at}otago.ac.nz
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Resolving the impasse on predictive genetic testing in minors: will more evidence be the solution?
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- Received March 6, 2012
- Accepted March 16, 2012
- First published April 19, 2012.
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August 25, 2016
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