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Who seeks genetic susceptibility testing for Alzheimer's disease? Findings from a multisite, randomized clinical trial.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Roberts J Scott, Barber Melissa, Brown Tamsen M, Cupples L Adrienne, Farrer Lindsay A, LaRusse Susan A, Post Stephen G, Quaid Kimberly A, Ravdin Lisa D, Relkin Norman R, Sadovnick A Dessa, Whitehouse Peter J, Woodard John L, Green Robert C
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Alzheimer's disease, for which one form of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype is a risk factor, provides a paradigm in which to examine response to susceptibility testing for common, complex diseases. This study's main purposes were to estimate interest in such testing and to examine demographic predictors of study participation. METHODS: In this 3-site, randomized clinical trial (RCT), the...
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