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Helgesson Genome Medicine 2011,3:41 /content/3/6/41 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Are enrollment sites the key to optimizing participation in genetic studies? Gert Helgesson* See research article: /content/3/6/39 plethora of existing non-genetic studies. In order to Abstract reduce non-participation, which may be due to a variety of factors, it is crucial for researchers to ?nd out why di?erent patient groups, and healthy individuals, choose not to participate in genetic research. While some factors may be strongly tied to speci?c patient categories, others may be of mor