Genetic testing Health Article

PERIODICALS

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Biesecker, Barbara Bowles. "Genetic Susceptibility Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer: A Progress Report." Journal of the American Medical Women's Association (Winter 1997): 22-27.

Fink, Leslie, and Francis S. Collins. "The Human Genome Project: View From the National Institutes of Health." Journal of the American Medical Women's Association (Winter 1997): 4-7, 15.

Holtzman, Neil A., et al. "Predictive Genetic Testing: From Basic Research to Clinical Practice." Science (October 24, 1997): 602-605.

Karnes, Pamela S. "Ordering and Interpreting DNA Tests." Mayo Clinical Proceedings (December 1996): 1192-1195.

Malone, Kathleen E, et al. "BRCA1 Mutations and Breast Cancer in the General Population." Journal of the American Medical Association (March 25, 1998): 922-929.

McKinnon, Wendy C., et al. "Predisposition Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Disorders in Adults: A Position Paper of the National Society of Genetic Counselors." Journal of the American Medical Association (October 15, 1997): 1217-1221.

Newman, Beth, et al. "Frequency of Breast Cancer Attributable to BRCA1 in a Population-Based Series of American Women." Journal of the American Medical Association (March 25, 1998): 915-921.

Ponder, Bruce. "Genetic Testing for Cancer Risk." Science (November 7, 1997): 1050-1054.

Roses, Allen. "Genetic Testing for Alzheimer Disease. Practical and Ethical Issues." Archives of Neurology (October 1997): 1226-1229.

Whittaker, Lori. "Clinical Applications of Genetic Testing: Implications for the Family Physician." American Family Physician (May 1996): 2077-2084.

Wisecarver, James. "The ABCs of DNA." Laboratory Medicine (January 1997): 48-52.

Yablonsky, Terri. "Genetic Testing Helps Patients and Researchers Predict the Future." Laboratory Medicine (May 1997): 316-321.

Yablonsky, Terri. "Unlocking the Secrets to Disease. Genetic Tests Usher in a New Era in Medicine." Laboratory Medicine (April 1997): 252-256.

Yan, Hai. "Genetic Testing-Present and Future." Science (September 15, 2000): 1890-1892.

ORGANIZATIONS

Alliance of Genetic Support Groups. 4301 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 404, Washington, DC 20008. (202) 966-5557. Fax: (202) 966-8553. <http://www.geneticalliance.org>.

American College of Medical Genetics. 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998. (301) 571-1825. <http://www.faseb.org/genetics/acmg/acmgmenu.htm>

American Society of Human Genetics. 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998. (301) 571-1825. <http://www.faseb.org/genetics/ashg/ashgmenu.htm>.

Centers for Disease Control. GDP Office, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724. (770) 488-3235. <http://www.cdc.gov/genetics>.

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. 1275 Manaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605. (888) 663-4637. resourcecenter@modimes.org. <http://www.modimes.org>.

National Human Genome Research Institute. The National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892. (301) 496-2433. <http://www.nhgri.nih.gov>.

National Society of Genetic Counselors. 233 Canterbury Dr., Wallingford, PA 19086-6617. (610) 872-1192. <http://www.nsgc.org/GeneticCounselingYou.asp>.

OTHER

Blazing a Genetic Trail. Online genetic tutorial. <http://www.hhmi.org/GeneticTrail/>.

The Gene Letter. Online newsletter. <http://www.geneletter.org>.

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man. Online genetic testing information sponsored by National Center for Biotechnology Information. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim/>.

Understanding Gene Testing. Online brochure produced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. <http://www.gene.com/ae/AE/AEPC/NIH/index.html>.

Katherine S. Hunt, MS