PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - G Evers-Kiebooms
AU  - J J Cassiman
AU  - H van den Berghe
TI  - Attitudes towards predictive testing in Huntington's disease: a recent survey in Belgium.
AID  - 10.1136/jmg.24.5.275
DP  - 1987 May 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Genetics
PG  - 275--279
VI  - 24
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/24/5/275.short
4100  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/24/5/275.full
SO  - J Med Genet1987 May 01; 24
AB  - After the publication of evidence of the existence of a DNA polymorphism closely linked to the gene for Huntington's disease, attitudes towards predictive testing for Huntington's disease were evaluated in Belgium in a group of persons who are at risk for the disease and in a smaller group of their partners. The percentage of persons at risk who planned to take the test was smaller than in many previously published studies. Our results revealed a lack of association between the intention to take the test and social or demographic variables. Specific attention was paid to the difference in intention between a person at risk and his or her partner and to the opinions about the way the decision to take the test should be made.