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If you knew that an untreatable, devastating, late-onset, inherited disease runs in your family, in other words, a disease that does not appear until after age 40, and you could be tested for it at age 20, would you want to know whether you will develop the disease? Would your answer be likely to change when you reach age 40?

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Testing for untreatable disease early and later in life is discussed.

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