Direct-to-consumer genetic testing
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- DOI 10.1136/bmj.l5688
- PMID https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31619392
- PMCID https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/6829432
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- Type Editorial
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- Published 16 Oct 2019
- Volume 367
- Pages l5688
- Source BMJ
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- Added 24 Jun 2016
- Updated 31 Oct 2026
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Direct-to-consumer genetic testing
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What you need to know• Finding a "health risk" via direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing often does not mean that a patient will go on to develop the health problem in question• DTC genetic tests might report false positives (artefacts)• "Reassuring" results from DTC genetic tests might be false negatives • Make sure you are confident in the provenance and interpretation of a genetic result bef…
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6 authors| # | Author | Institutions | ORCID |
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| 1 | Rachel Helen Horton | Princess Anne Hospital (GB) University of Southampton (GB) | |
| 2 | Gillian Crawford | Princess Anne Hospital (GB) University of Southampton (GB) | — |
| 3 | Lindsey Freeman | Wessex Regional Genetics Labor… (GB) | — |
| 4 | Angela Fenwick | University of Southampton (GB) | |
| 5 | Caroline Fiona Wright | University of Exeter (GB) | |
| 6 | Anneke Lucassen Corresponding | University of Southampton (GB) |
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