Louisa Kalsner

Assistant professor
University of Connecticut

Louisa Kalsner is assistant professor of pediatrics and neurology at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford.

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Spectrum

By Stormy Chamberlain, Louisa Kalsner

10 April 2018

5 min read

For accurate results in autism, genetic databases need diversity

We must diversify databases of reference DNA to improve our ability to interpret the consequences of genetic variation.

Spectrum

For accurate results in autism, genetic databases need diversity

By Stormy Chamberlain, Louisa Kalsner

10 April 2018 | 5 min read

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