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Nature Biotechnology
22, 1230 - 1235 (2004)
doi:10.1038/nbt1004-1230
Towards quality assurance and harmonization of genetic testing services in the European UnionDolores Ibarreta, Robert Elles, Jean-Jacques Cassiman, Emilio Rodriguez-Cerezo
& Elisabeth Dequeker | | | | Table 1 Numbers of genetic testing laboratories in the EU | | | Estimated by EMQNb survey respondentsa | | | Clinical/research laboratories | Commercial laboratories | EDDNALc directory | | | | | Italy | 90 | 10 | 76 | | United Kingdom | 98 | 2 | 53 | | France | 171 | 26 | 48 | | Germany | 50 | 40 | 47 | | Spain | 40 | 7 | 21 | | Austria | 36 | 4 | 14 | | Greece | 10 | 5 | 12 | | Portugal | 7 | − | 14 | | Belgium | 8 | 0 | 10 | | Netherlands | 9 | − | 8 | | Sweden | 10 | − | 6 | | Denmark | 6 | 0 | 4 | | Finland | 25 | 5 | 5 | | Ireland | 2 | − | 3 | | Czech Republic | 29 | − | 0 | | Poland | 15 | 10 | 1 | | Lithuania | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Croatia | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Cyprus | 3 | 1 | 0 | | Switzerland | 15 | 10 | 13 | | Norway | 5 | 0 | 5 | | Total | 631 | 120 | 313 | | | |
aAs estimated by a survey among 21 EMQN national partners and compared to EDDNAL data.
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bEuropean Molecular Genetics Quality Network.
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cThe European Directory of DNA Diagnostic Laboratories.
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