Saturday, May 25, 2002 - Sunday, May 26, 2002 - Schedule

08.45 -
10.45
Gutenberg

E-C 5: Professionals' and Family Attitudes towards Genetic Testing
Chair: G. Jacopini

E-C21. Attitudes of persons at risk for late-onset neurodegenerative disorders and for hereditary cancer diseases towards molecular genetic predictive diagnosis  (20') 
F. R. Kreuz, M. Aehnelt;
Technical University, Dresden, GERMANY. 

E-C22. Progress in genetic : the opinion of the deaf patient and their families ?  (20') 
S. Marlin¹, D. Deschamp², C. Rebichon³, F. Denoyelle⁴, G. Roger⁴, N. Loundon⁴, E. Garabédian³;
¹Unité de Génétique, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand Trousseau, AP-HP, Paris, FRANCE, ²Département de philosophie, Université Paris I Sorbonne, FRANCE, ³Service d’ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, Hôpital d’Enfants Armand Trousseau, APHP, Paris, FRANCE, ⁴Service d’ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, Hôpital d’Enfants Armand Trousseau, APHP, Paris., FRANCE. 

E-C23. Relevant issues in genetic counseling for familial dementia: a study on attitudes towards testing in at-risk relatives.  (20') 
S. Amadori¹, L. Gigola¹, E. Di Maria², A. Saltini¹, R. Pioli¹, P. Mandich², O. Zanetti¹, A. Alberici¹, G. Binetti¹;
¹IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, ITALY, ²University of Genova, Genova, ITALY. 

E-C24. Awareness of the contribution of genetic factors to aetiology amongst individuals with bipolar disorder.  (20') 
J. H. Tocher¹, D. Craufurd², R. Warner³, A. MacNeill³;
¹Clinical Genetics Service, City Hospital, Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM, ²Department of Clinical Genetics, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM, ³Community Health Sheffield, Sheffield, UNITED KINGDOM. 

E-C25. General Practitioners And Predictive Genetic Testing For Late Onset Diseases: Their Opinions And Their Perceived Role  (20') 
M. Welkenhuysen, G. Evers-Kiebooms;
Psychosocial Genetics Unit, Center for Human Genetics, Leuven, BELGIUM. 
 

08.45 -
10.45
Kléber

E-C 6: Prenatal Testing: Decision Making and Outcomes
Chair: C. Julian-Reynier

E-C26. Informed choice to undergo prenatal screening: a comparison of two hospitals conducting testing either as part of a routine visit or requiring a separate visit  (20') 
E. Dormandy, S. Michie, T. M. Marteau;
King's College, London, UNITED KINGDOM. 

E-C27. Pregnancy Outcome After Genetic Counselling For Prenatal Diagnosis Of Chromosomal Anomaly With Low Risk Of Severe Clinical Significance  (20') 
M. Petrella¹, E. Di Gianantonio¹, R. Ponchia², I. Mammi¹, M. Clementi¹, R. Tenconi¹;
¹Genetica Clinica Epidemiologica, Padova, ITALY, ²Azienda Ospedale, Padova, ITALY. 

E-C28. Defining a psychological intervention program for women undergoing interruption of pregnancy after prenatal diagnosis.  (20') 
J. Rocha^1,2, C. Paúl^1,3, A. Leonardo⁴, J. Pitrez⁵, J. Sequeiros^1,3, P. Tavares²;
¹UnIGENe-IBMC, Univ. Porto, PORTUGAL, ²C.Gen.Clín., Porto, PORTUGAL, ³ICBAS - Univ. Porto, Porto, PORTUGAL, ⁴H.Sta.Maria, Lisbon, PORTUGAL, ⁵Hosp.Sra.Oliveira, Guimarães, PORTUGAL. 

E-C29. Feticide and late termination of pregnancy: impact on parents and health professionals  (20') 
H. E. Statham¹, W. Solomou¹, J. M. Green²;
¹Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM, ²Mother and Infant Researach Unit, University of Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM. 

E-C30. Profiles and motives of couples choosing PGD  (20') 
R. Lulofs¹, C. E. M. de Die-Smulders¹, N. D. Muntjewerf¹, J. A. Land²;
¹Dept. of Clinical Genetics, Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, NETHERLANDS, ²Dept. of Gynaecology, Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, NETHERLANDS. 
 

E-PS05. Impact on perceived control and risk-reducing behaviour of genetic testing for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH): a randomised controlled trial  (20') 
T. M. Marteau^1,2, V. Senior^1,2, S. Humphries^3,2;
¹King's College, London, UNITED KINGDOM, ²on behalf of GRAFT Study Group, King's College, London, UNITED KINGDOM, ³University College, London, UNITED KINGDOM. 

E-PS06. Parents' responses to genetic testing in their children for long QT syndrome  (20') 
K. S. W. H. Hendriks¹, F. J. M. Grosfeld¹, J. van den Bout², A. A. M. Wilde³, I. M. van Langen⁴, J. P. van Tintelen⁵, H. F. J. ten Kroode¹;
¹University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, NETHERLANDS, ²University Utrecht, Utrecht, NETHERLANDS, ³Experimental and Molecular Cardiology Group, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, ⁴Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, ⁵Academic Hospital Groningen, Groningen, NETHERLANDS. 

E-PS07. Interactional framing of decision-making and coping trajectories in counselling for predictive testing for Huntington’s Disease  (20')
S. Sarangi¹, K. Bennert¹, L. Howell¹, A. Clarke², P. Harper², J. Gray²;
¹Cardiff University, Cardiff, UNITED KINGDOM, ²Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff, UNITED KINGDOM. 

E-PS08. Test motivation, predictive test result for Huntington's disease and the evolution of psychological distress over a five year period.  (20') 
M. Decruyenaere¹, G. Evers-Kiebooms¹, T. Cloostermans¹, A. Boogaerts¹, J. Fryns²;
¹Psychosocial Genetics Unit, Centre for Human Genetics, Leuven, BELGIUM, ²Clinical Genetics Unit, Centre for Human Genetics, Leuven, BELGIUM. 

E-PS09. Damned if you do, damned if you don't: the role of religious faith in predictive and diagnostic testing for Huntington's disease  (20') 
S. A. Simpson, L. Emslie, Z. Miedzybrodzka;
Grampian University Hospitals Trust, Aberdeen, UNITED KINGDOM.
 

E-PS10. Provision of Genetic Services in Europe: Do we meet the Community Needs?  (30') 
S. Ayme;
INSERM SC11, Paris, FRANCE 

E-PS11. The universality of the human issues raised by genetics  (15') 
T. Clancy¹, B. Pooe-Monyemore², N. Madolo²;
¹Regional Genetic Service and Academic Group of Medical Genetics, Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM, ²Human Genetics, Department of Health, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. 

E-PS12. Twenty years of social work in clinical genetics in the Netherlands: Where do we stand and what do we need in the future  (15') 
H. G. Van Spijker¹, T. Brouwer²;
¹University Medical Centre, Utrecht, NETHERLANDS, ²University Medical Centre VU, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS. 

E-PS13. A randomized trial of three approaches to genetic counselling for late maternal age.  (15') 
J. E. Allanson, M. Cappelli, T. Chiu, L. Humphreys, A. Hunter, D. Moher, A. Zimak;
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, CANADA.

Panel Discussion   (45')
Moderator: L. Kerzin-Storrar
Members of the panel: S. Aymé, T. Clancy, H.G. Van Spijker, J. Allanson and H. Skirton
 

Saturday, May 27, 2002 - Sunday, May 26, 2002 - Schedule