Using an oral "pedigree" or written questionnaire, the researchers identified twice as many individuals at increased risk than was documented in patient charts. The pedigree is a medical diagram of a ...

12 January 2009 (Dubai, UAE): Family history is the single most important factor in discovering those family members who have carried/are carrying genetic disorders and can help track and map the ...

Long before next-generation sequencing technology ushered in today's data-intensive era of human genome information, clinicians have been taking family histories by jotting down pedigrees: hand-drawn ...

Family trees (or pedigrees) can reveal sensitive information that can be used to stigmatize or discriminate against family members. Until recently, information published in scientific journals stayed ...