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Surrogate decision making for genetic testing for Alzheimer disease.

Genetic testing - 1 Jan 1999

Eaton M L

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Genetic tests are commercially available for the purpose of aiding in the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer disease among patients with dementia. Such patients often lack the mental capacity to consent to or reject such testing. If genetic testing is to be undertaken, it is important legally and ethically to consider who should participate in the decision to test. State law and the patient's previously...

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PMID: 10464582
DOI: 10.1089/gte.1999.3.93

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