Disclosing genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease does not cause psychological distress

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 16:35 in Health & Medicine

(Boston) -- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that disclosing genetic risk information to adult children of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) who request this information does not result in significant short-term psychological distress.

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