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In fact, doctors around the world recommend the oil as the treatment of choice for presymptomatic boys.

This is one of the strongest cases you can make for the value of presymptomatic screening."

It is also known as presymptomatic testing.

There are two types of prenatal tests being offered as a part of the presymptomatic testing program.

We have a great benefit in cancer genetics programs in that presymptomatic testing has already been done for Huntington's disease.

One hope for future genetic testing is the ability to test for presymptomatic or prenatal illnesses.

Since 1986, presymptomatic and prenatal testing for HD has been available internationally.

However, PrP levels are very low in presymptomatic hosts.

Nancy believes that people who come for presymptomatic testing will benefit from intensive counseling, sometimes in lieu of the test itself.

Presymptomatic diagnosis of MJD can be made with a genetic test.

Infection with the prion agent may be detected in both presymptomatic and symptomatic stages of disease progression.

But there has been very little interest in prenatal testing or among individuals who are presymptomatic, because it can't give the information we really want to know."

Reliability of presymptomatic test for adenomatous polyposis coli.

Her beliefs regarding counseling stem from her own experience regarding presymptomatic testing and also talking with colleagues in other programs.

Presymptomatic testing for predicting adult-onset disorders.

While it was not effective, it was later successfully adapted as a screening test for the presence of presymptomatic tuberculosis.

Isolation of an inherited cancer susceptibility gene provides opportunities for presymptomatic testing of at-risk relatives.

One crucial criterion in justifying a screening programme is that intervention is more effective in presymptomatic disease than after symptoms have appeared.

Presymptomatic genetic testing removes the necessity of annual screening of those at-risk individuals who do not have the gene mutation.

For presymptomatic boys (those who have the genetic defect but are still neurologically intact), there are encouraging signs that the oil keeps the disease at bay.

Presymptomatic testing can determine whether a person will develop a genetic disorder, such as hemochromatosis (an iron overload disorder), before any signs or symptoms appear.

The results of predictive and presymptomatic testing can provide information about a person's risk of developing a specific disorder and help with making decisions about medical care.

Presymptomatic testing for HD has also influenced testing for other illnesses with genetic variants such as polycystic kidney disease, familiar Alzheimer's disease and breast cancer.

Given the ethical concerns about presymptomatic genetic testing of minors, it is likely that personal genomics will first be applied to adults who can provide consent to undergo such testing.

Heizmann O, Haecker FM, Zumsteg U, et al.: Presymptomatic thyroidectomy in multiple endocrine neoplasia 2a.