Patients asking about APOE gene test results? Here's what to tell them
Shana D Stites1, Nicholas M Vogt1, Deborah Blacker1
1Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Dr. Stites); Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (Dr. Vogt); Department of Psychiatry, Mass General Hospital Harvard Medical School and Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston (Dr. Blacker); Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (Dr. Rumbaugh); Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (Dr. Parker).
Abstract:
This guidance can help shape the conversations you have with patients who want to understand the results of their gene and biomarker testing for Alzheimer disease.
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