familial screening


fa·mil·i·al screen·ing

screening directed at close relatives of probands with diseases that may lie latent, as in age-dependent dominant traits, or that may involve risk to progeny, as X-linked traits.

fa·mil·i·al screen·ing

(fă-mil'ē-ăl skrēn'ing) Examination directed at close relatives of probands with diseases that may lie latent, as in age-dependent dominant traits, or that may involve risk to progeny, as in X-linked traits.

fa·mil·i·al screen·ing

(fă-mil'ē-ăl skrēn'ing) Testing directed at close relatives of probands with diseases that may lie latent, as in age-dependent dominant traits, or that may involve risk to progeny, as X-linked traits.