Attitudes of general practitioners to presymptomatic testing for Huntington's disease.
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Attitudes of general practitioners to presymptomatic testing for Huntington's disease.
A postal questionnaire was sent to all 797 general practitioners (GPs) in the Lothians, Borders, and Fife (Scotland), enquiring about attitudes to presymptomatic testing for Huntington's disease. The response rate was 74%. Eighty-two percent were in favour of the principle of predictive testing for Huntington's disease. A majority of those not in favour were prepared to refer their patients for...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Genetics
سال: 1990
ISSN: 1468-6244
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.27.4.224