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The importance of written information packages in support of case-finding within families at risk for inherited high cholesterol.

Journal of genetic counseling - 1 Feb 2006

van den Nieuwenhoff Hélène W P, Mesters Ilse, Nellissen Joyce J T M, Stalenhoef Anton F, de Vries Nanne K

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Inherited High Cholesterol is treatable, but highly underdiagnosed. To detect undiagnosed blood relatives at a presymptomatic stage, in the Netherlands written information packages are available to facilitate family communication. To investigate the role of those packages in the detection of carriers, we conducted a qualitative evaluation (plus-minus method combined with semistructured interviews with index...

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PMID: 16468088
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-005-9001-8

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