Sweet et al.36 surveyed 362 patients evaluated in an oncology clinic and took a detailed fam- ily history. First, barely two-thirds had any family history noted in the medical record. Second, when a family history was pres- ent, it had not been updated. Third, the family history ...
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF MEDICAL GENETICS Cover Art Story: The Family Tree Designed and stitched by Josephine B. Rice. Photographed by Ted Rice. It is befitting that this exquisite quilt adorns the cover of this issue of Genetics in Medicine for many reasons. It was stitched and designed by my ...
ALSPAC has collected data from pregnancy onwards using postal questionnaires, hands-on clinic assessments, biological samples, linkage to routine information, abstraction from medical records and environmental monitoring. At baseline the ALSPAC cohort was broadly representative of the UK population, although...