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Long-Term Follow-Up Study on the Uptake of Genetic Counseling and Predictive DNA Testing in Inherited Cardiac Conditions.
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine - 1 Oct 2020
van den Heuvel Lieke M, van Teijlingen Maxiem O, van der Roest Wilma, van Langen Irene M, Smets Ellen M A, van Tintelen J Peter, Christiaans Imke
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BACKGROUND: Inherited cardiac conditions present with a wide range of symptoms and may even result in sudden cardiac death. Relatives of probands with a confirmed pathogenic genetic variant are advised predictive DNA testing to enable prevention and treatment. In 2 previous cohort studies of 115 probands with a pathogenic variant, family uptake of genetic counseling was assessed in the first year(s) after test...
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