Huntington's chorea: general practitioners' knowledge about individuals' at-risk status.
We assessed general practitioners' knowledge about the at-risk status of offspring of persons suffering from Huntington's chorea. Of 97 practitioners who were questioned about only one at-risk individual, 16 were aware of the person's at-risk status, while nine of 26 practitioners who were questioned about more than one at-risk person were aware of it. The results indicate that prophylactic action can be achieved more efficiently by registration of families in which Huntington's chorea occurs, followed by genetic counselling.
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Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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D005260:Female; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D010821:Physicians, Family; D012307:Risk Factors