Article
[Genetic tests: predict or curse].
Bulletin de l'Academie nationale de medecine - 1 Jan 2000
Munnich A
Abstract excerpt
Genetic testing is aimed to the goal of i) confirming the diagnosis of a genetic disease in an affected individual and ii) of determining the status of relatives and the genetic risk to the progeny. Genetic testing also allows to determine whether an at risk individual is the carrier of the disease gene prior to symptoms. Genetic tests should be carried out for the benefit of the patients only. They deserve...
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