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. 2022 Aug 12;4(32):697–705. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2022.146

Table 1. Characteristics of included clinical guidelines.

No. Country (s) Time Organization Targeted population Title
Abbreviation: ACMG=American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics; AGNC=Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors; ASHG=American Society of Human Genetics; CCMG=Canadian College of Medical Geneticists; ESHG=European Society of Human Genetics; EU=European Union; HUGO=Human Genome Organization; P3G=Public Population Project in Genomics and Society; RCPA=Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia; UK=the United Kingdom; US=the United States.
1 US 2013 Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues Adults; children and adolescents Anticipate and communicate. Ethical management of incidental and secondary findings in the clinical, research, and direct-to-consumer contexts (17)
2 US 2013 ACMG Adults; children and adolescents Points to consider for informed consent for genome/exome sequencing (18)
3 US 2013 ACMG Adults; children and adolescents ACMG recommendations for reporting of incidental findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing (19)
4 US 2014 ACMG Adults; children and adolescents ACMG policy statement: updated recommendations regarding analysis and reporting of secondary findings in clinical genome-scale sequencing (20)
5 US 2015 ASHG Children and adolescents Ethical, legal, and psychosocial implications of genetic testing in children and adolescents (21)
6 US 2017 ACMG Adults; children and adolescents ACMG Recommendations for reporting of secondary findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing, 2016 update (ACMG SF v2.0) (22)
7 Canada 2015 CCMG Adults; children and adolescents Position statement of the Canadian college of medical geneticists (13)
8 EU 2013 ESHG Adults; children and adolescents Whole-genome sequencing in health care: recommendations of the European Society of Human Genetics (23)
9 EU 2015 P3G, ESHG, HUGO, and PHG Foundation Children and adolescents A statement on the continued importance of targeted approaches in newborn screening programmes (24)
10 UK 2014 AGNC Adults; children and adolescents Position statement on opportunistic genomic screening (25)
11 UK 2014 PHG Foundation Adults Realising genomics in clinical practice (26)
12 Germany 2013 German Ethics Council Adults The future of genetic diagnosis: from research to clinical practice (27)
13 Australia 2014 RCPA Adults Implementation of massively parallel sequencing in diagnostic medical genetic testing (28)