adult screening programs

Last reviewed 01/2018

Presymptomatic screening or adults is possible in the following conditions:

condition screening test

  • polyposis coli sigmoidoscopy
  • familial hypercholesterolaemia lipid profile
  • Huntington's disease linked RFLP's
  • myotonic dystrophy EMG, ophthalmic examination, linked RFLP's
  • adult polycystic kidney disease linked RFLP's
  • von Hippel-Lindau disease cranial and abdominal CT scans