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InnovAiT 2008 1(8):554-560; doi:10.1093/innovait/inn095
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This article appears in the following InnovAiT issue: Special issue; Genetics in primary care [View the issue table of contents]

Taking and recording a genetic family history

Professor Peter Farndon

Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Director, NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre

E-mail: peter.farndon{at}geneticseducation.nhs.uk


  Abstract

During a consultation, John remarked:

‘My grandfather and an aunt and uncle died of bowel cancer’.

General practitioners are constantly receiving and documenting such information about family members, but how best can it be recorded and interpreted to decide if an individual is at risk for a genetic disorder?


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