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Family history: the three-generation pedigree.

American family physician - 1 Aug 2005

Wattendorf Daniel J, Hadley Donald W

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The collection of a family history ranges from simply asking patients if family members have the same presenting illness to diagramming complex medical and psychosocial relationships as part of a family genogram. The three-generation pedigree provides a pictorial representation of diseases within a family and is the most efficient way to assess hereditary influences on disease. Two recent events have made family...

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PMID: 16100858

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