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Assuring the quality of next-generation sequencing in clinical laboratory practice

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The authors thank E. Mansfield, N. Aziz, P. Keller, J. Kaufman, S. Ghosh, R. Leach, J. Robinson, A. Felsenfeld, M. Salit and E. Highsmith for their help and support. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CDC or the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The identification of certain commercial equipment, instruments or materials in this document does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor does it imply that the products identified are necessarily the best available for the purpose. The research was supported in part by an appointment to A.S.G. to the Research Participation Program at the CDC administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education through an interagency agreement between the US Department of Energy and the CDC.

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D.P.D. works at the Medical College of Wisconsin; T.H. works at Illumina; E.L. works at University of Utah/ARUP Laboratories, has research grants from NIH/NICHD and NHGRI and receives consulting fees from Novartis and Complete Genomics; E.L.H.C. worked at Emory University School of Medicine and now works at Baylor College of Medicine; J.G.C. works at GeneDX; D.H.F. works at Sequenom; M.R.F. works at and owns stock in Life Technologies; C.J.L. works at Softgenetics; M.G.R. works at and owns stock options/bonds and has ownership in Omicia; B.B.S. works at Life Sciences (Roche); J.M.Y. works at and owns stock in Illumina.

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Gargis, A., Kalman, L., Berry, M. et al. Assuring the quality of next-generation sequencing in clinical laboratory practice. Nat Biotechnol 30, 1033–1036 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2403

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