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The Clinical Introduction of Genetic Testing for Alzheimer Disease<subtitle>An Ethical Perspective</subtitle>

1997-03-12

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<h3>Objective.</h3> —Primary caregivers should be aware of recent progress in the genetics of Alzheimer disease (AD) and of the clinical and ethical considerations raised regarding the introduction of genetic testing for purposes of disease prediction and susceptibility (risk) analysis in asymptomatic individuals and diagnosis in patients who present clinically with dementia. This statement addresses arguments for...

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Literature Corpus work: 715f28a4-462a-57a6-a69c-118b7836bb36
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1997.03540340066035

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