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Understanding why negative genetic test results sometimes fail to reassure.

American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Jun 2003

Michie Susan, Smith Jonathan A, Senior Victoria, Marteau Theresa M

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A proportion of those receiving negative results following predictive genetic testing desire future bowel screening. This is despite a negative result meaning a general population risk of 1:7500 and despite bowel screening being experienced as aversive and clinically unnecessary. This study aimed to investigate perceptions of risk, illness, and tests amongst those receiving negative results following predictive...

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PMID: 12784302
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20200

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