Abstract:
:World wide data on presymptomatic testing for Huntington's disease using closely linked DNA markers show that 1479 persons at risk received completed test results up to the end of 1991. Testing has been carried out in 19 countries, with at least 88 centres involved, and numbers have levelled off after a peak in 1990. Only 5% of those at risk have been tested in six countries with the longest established programmes. Continued monitoring of international data will be of value in assessing the spread and impact of genetic testing, not only for Huntington's disease, but for other serious genetic disorders of later life.
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J Med Genetjournal_title
Journal of medical geneticsauthors
doi
10.1136/jmg.30.12.1020subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-12-01 00:00:00pages
1020-2issue
12eissn
0022-2593issn
1468-6244journal_volume
30pub_type
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pub_type: 信件
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更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1979-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1990-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1990-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1993-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1993-12-01 00:00:00
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