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Clinical applications of genetic testing: implications for the family physician.

American family physician - 1 May 1996

Whittaker L

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Genetic testing may be applied in a variety of clinical situations, including preconception counseling, prenatal diagnosis and postnatal determination of genetic predisposition to disease. The family physician needs to become familiar with the full range of genetic testing possibilities in all phases of the human life cycle. Cystic fibrosis, Huntington's disease and cancer are three diseases for which genetic...

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