Does the law require reinterpretation and return of revised genomic results?

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This article was funded in part by R01HG010365. E.W.C. received additional support from 5RM1HG009034. P.S.A. and W.K.C. received additional support from 5RM1HG007257.

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  1. Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Ellen Wright Clayton

  2. School of Law, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    Ellen Wright Clayton

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Paul S. Appelbaum

  4. Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Wendy K. Chung & Gary E. Marchant

  5. Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

    Gary E. Marchant

  6. University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Jessica L. Roberts

  7. University of Houston College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Jessica L. Roberts

  8. University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Barbara J. Evans

  9. University of Florida Wertheim College of Engineering, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Barbara J. Evans

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Clayton, E.W., Appelbaum, P.S., Chung, W.K. et al. Does the law require reinterpretation and return of revised genomic results?. Genet Med (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41436-020-01065-x

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