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Parents' attitudes toward pediatric genetic testing for common disease risk.
Pediatrics - 1 May 2011
Tercyak Kenneth P, Hensley Alford Sharon, Emmons Karen M, Lipkus Isaac M, Wilfond Benjamin S, McBride Colleen M
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OBJECTIVE: To describe parents' attitudes toward pediatric genetic testing for common, adult-onset health conditions and to identify factors underlying these attitudes. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: Parents (n = 219) enrolled in a large, group-practice health plan were offered a "multiplex" genetic test for susceptibility to 8 common, adult-onset health conditions and completed an online survey assessing attitudes...
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