Research Topics

Genomes and Genes

Affiliation: Boston University

Country: USA

Perceptions of familial risk in those seeking a genetic risk assessment for Alzheimer's disease
Susan Hiraki
Dept of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Genet Couns 18:130-6. 2009
Effect of Alzheimer disease genetic risk disclosure on dietary supplement use
Jacqueline A Vernarelli
Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 91:1402-7. 2010
Mothers' perspectives on their child's mental illness as compared to other complex disorders in their family: insights to inform genetic counseling practice
Denise M Lautenbach
Masters Program in Genetic Counseling, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Genet Couns 21:564-72. 2012

Perceptions of familial risk in those seeking a genetic risk assessment for Alzheimer's disease
Susan Hiraki
Dept of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Genet Couns 18:130-6. 2009
..001) and being Caucasian (p = 0.02). These results are the first to demonstrate the association between family history and risk perception in persons volunteering for genetic susceptibility testing for a common complex disease...
Effect of Alzheimer disease genetic risk disclosure on dietary supplement use
Jacqueline A Vernarelli
Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 91:1402-7. 2010
..Little is known about whether APOE genotype disclosure would actually prompt changes in nutrition behaviors among at-risk individuals...
Mothers' perspectives on their child's mental illness as compared to other complex disorders in their family: insights to inform genetic counseling practice
Denise M Lautenbach
Masters Program in Genetic Counseling, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Genet Couns 21:564-72. 2012
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