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Management of the Ethical Aspects of a Local Mental Diseases Biobank for Research Purposes: The Italian Experience

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Ethics, Law and Governance of Biobanking

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Recent developments in genetics have furthered large-scale genetic research efforts as well as the creation of large biological banks at international, national and local levels.

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Porteri, C. (2015). Management of the Ethical Aspects of a Local Mental Diseases Biobank for Research Purposes: The Italian Experience. In: Mascalzoni, D. (eds) Ethics, Law and Governance of Biobanking. The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9573-9_15

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