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Attitudes toward an unsolicited approach in relation to status of genetic disease: exemplified by alpha(1)-antitrypsin deficiency.
American journal of medical genetics - 18 Sept 2000
Wilcke J T, Seersholm N, Kok-Jensen A, Dirksen A
Abstract excerpt
Knowledge of a genetic disease in an individual raises the questions of whether and how this information should be communicated to his or her family. The aim of the present study was to provide factual information about attitudes towards an unsolicited approach from a physician regarding genetic counseling within affected families. We performed a questionnaire study among patients with alpha(1)-antitrypsin...
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