In this article the Self Regulatory Theory (Leventhal, 1970; Leventhan H., Benyamini,
Brownlee, Diefenbach, Leventhal EA, Patrick-Miller, & Robitaille, 1997) is presented as a …

OBJECTIVE: This systematic review aimed to inform researchers and policymakers about
what validated outcome measures are available to evaluate clinical genetics services (CGS) …

Purpose Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a hereditary cancer syndrome, characterized by a
high risk of developing cancer at various sites and ages. To date, limited clinical benefits of …

Objective: To map and identify the gene for autosomal recessive congenital hereditary
endothelial dystrophy (CHED2, OMIM 217700), a disorder characterised by diffuse bilateral …

Objectives Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) has been defined clinically
and genetically. The disorder has traditionally been recognized in kindreds with a clustering …

Clinical genetic testing is now available for many cardio-vascular diseases, including
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), familial dilated cardiomyopathy, and arrhythmogenic …

The aim of the present paper was to describe and evaluate many of the measurement scales
currently used in genetic counseling outcomes research. A team of three researchers …

Mental disorders are relatively highly heritable, yet complex with important interactions
between genetic risk and environmental factors in determining illness expression. Due to the …

BACKGROUND Universal tumor screening for Lynch syndrome, the most common form of
hereditary colorectal cancer (CRC), has been recommended among all patients newly …

This paper describes the motivation, recall of cancer risks, and illness representations of 40
individuals who had a predictive test for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer …