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Online Tool to Select Secondary Findings May Shorten Genetic Counseling Sessions

Dec 12, 2019
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NEW YORK – An interactive online tool to select secondary findings from genome sequencing for return may help shorten the time patients spend speaking with time-strapped genetic counselors, a new study has found.

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