What is it about?

This study addresses the objective knowledge about the disease of subjects at risk for 3 genetic late-onset neurological diseases (LOND): familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) TTR V30M, Huntington disease (HD), and Machado-Joseph disease (MJD).

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Why is it important?

The disease itself and its meaning as well as sick relatives play a key role in the objective knowledge about LOND. Thus, genetic counseling protocols of subjects at risk for LOND should include questions concerning family knowledge and disease experience.

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This page is a summary of: Subjects at Risk for Genetic Late-Onset Neurological Diseases: Objective Knowledge, Public Health Genomics, January 2017, Karger Publishers,
DOI: 10.1159/000479292.
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