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United Kingdom experience with presymptomatic testing of individuals at 25% risk for Huntington's disease.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jul 2000
Benjamin C M, Lashwood A
Abstract excerpt
Between 1994 and 1998, the 23 UK genetics departments, which form the UK Huntington's Disease Consortium, have undertaken 161 direct mutation adult predictive tests on individuals whose at-risk parent was alive or had died without showing signs of Huntington's disease (HD) (5.7% of total UK tests). This study describes the number of requests for 25% risk predictive testing for HD in 1994 (the first year in which...
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