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Testing children for adult onset conditions: the importance of contextual clinical judgement
- Correspondence to Professor Anneke Lucassen, Clinical Ethics and Law, Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton University, Southampton, UK; annekel{at}soton.ac.uk
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Testing children for adult onset conditions: the importance of contextual clinical judgement
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- Received May 1, 2012
- Accepted May 24, 2012
- First published July 4, 2012.
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August 23, 2012
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