Genetic testing and quality control in diagnostic laboratories
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1Center for Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. els.dequeker@med.kuleuven.ac.be
Nature Genetics
|July 11, 2000
Abstract:
To evaluate the quality of genetic testing for cystic fibrosis, 136, 145 and 159 laboratories participated in a European study in 1996, 1997 and 1998, respectively. We sent six purified DNA samples carrying the more common CFTR mutations with the request to test them using routine protocols. A panel of experts reviewed the results together with the raw data.
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