%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation for Genetic Disorders in the Absence of a Clinical Indication for Testing: Elective Genomic Testing
%A David P. Bick
%A Elissa Levin
%A Hyunseok P. Kang
%A James T. Lu
%A Jill Hagenkord
%A Kimberly A. Strong
%A Matthew Ferber
%A Sarah South
%J The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
%D 2019
%R 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2018.09.006
%X The increasing quality and diminishing cost of next-generation sequencing has transformed
our ability to interrogate large quantities of genetic information. This has led to
a dramatic increase in the number of elective genomic tests performed. In this article,
elective test denotes a test that a patient chooses to undertake without a clinical
indication. The variety of elective genomic testing options is considerable. Because
these offerings provide differing levels of sensitivity and specificity, it can be
difficult to choose among them.
%U https://jmd.amjpathol.org/article/S1525-1578(18)30199-5/fulltext