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Direct-to-consumer genetic testing: advantages and pitfalls

  • Oh, Bermseok (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2019.09.10
  • Accepted : 2019.09.19
  • Published : 2019.09.30
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