Quality control in molecular genetic testing
- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Genetics
- Vol. 2 (9) , 717-723
- https://doi.org/10.1038/35088588
Abstract
DNA-based testing for genetic diseases has developed from nothing into a principal part of laboratory medicine over the past 15 years. In the rush to bring these powerful new technologies into medical use, issues of quality have not always been given sufficient attention. Efforts are now being made to assess the quality of the output of genetic testing laboratories, and the results show that there is room for improvement.Keywords
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