Pediatric genetic testing in the genomics era

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  • Cláudia Falcão-Reis Medical Genetics Unit, Centro de Genética Médica Jacinto de Magalhães, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto; Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, Universidade do Minho; ICVS/3B’s - PT Government Associate Laboratory

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https://doi.org/10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v29.i4.21912

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2020-12-23

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Falcão-Reis C. Pediatric genetic testing in the genomics era. BGMJ [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 23 [cited 2026 Jan. 11];29(4):178-9. Available from: https://revistas.rcaap.pt/bgmj/article/view/21912

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Vol. 29 No. 4 (2020)

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