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The role of test accuracy in predicting acceptance of genetic susceptibility testing for Alzheimer's disease.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2004
Bassett Susan Spear, Havstad Suzanne L, Chase Gary A
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A survey questionnaire regarding perceptions of risk and genetic susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease (AD) was completed by 518 offspring of AD cases from families with multiple affected, ascertained as part of a genetic linkage study of late onset AD. The questionnaire focused on respondents' perceptions of their own risk for AD as well as on the properties of real and hypothetical susceptibility tests,...
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