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Attitudes of at‐risk and affected individuals regarding presymptomatic testing for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
1 Apr 1990
Abstract excerpt
One hundred forty-one individuals with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and 137 at-risk individuals from 107 kindreds answered a questionnaire to determine knowledge and attitudes about ADPKD and the use of gene linkage analysis for prenatal and postnatal presymptomatic diagnosis. Both groups of individuals displayed a high level of knowledge about the disease. Although 87% of affected...
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