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Assessing the Psychological Impact of Genetic Susceptibility Testing

1 May 2019

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The expanded use of genetic testing raises key ethical and policy questions about possible benefits and harms for those receiving disease-risk information. As predictive testing for Huntington's was initiated in a clinical setting, survey research posing hypothetical test scenarios suggested that the vast majority of at-risk relatives wanted to know whether they carried a disease-causing mutation. However, only a...

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PMID: 31268575
DOI: 10.1002/hast.1015

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