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. 2019 Oct;28(5):1059-1064.
doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1145. Epub 2019 Jul 5.

Development of a motivational interviewing genetic counseling intervention to increase cascade cholesterol screening in families of children with familial hypercholesterolemia

Valerie Kruger  1 , Krista Redlinger-Grosse  1 , Scott T Walters  2 , Erin Ash  3 , Deborah Cragun  4 , Patricia McCarthy Veach  1 , Heather A Zierhut  1
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Development of a motivational interviewing genetic counseling intervention to increase cascade cholesterol screening in families of children with familial hypercholesterolemia

Valerie Kruger et al. J Genet Couns. 2019 Oct.
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Keywords: cascade screening; cascade testing; communication; counseling techniques; familial hypercholesterolemia; genetic counseling; health behavior; motivational interviewing.

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