Predicting adaptation to presymptomatic DNA testing for late onset disorders: Who will experience distress?

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 745-754

  DudokdeWit, A C ^a,c   Tibben, A ^a,b   Duivenvoorden, H J ^a   Niermeijer, M F ^b   Passchier, J ^a   Lindhout, D ^b   Meijers Heijboer, E J ^b   Frets, P G ^b   Lodder, L N ^b   Trijsburg, R W ^b   Zoetewij, M W ^b   Klijn, J G M ^b   Brocker Vriends A ^d   Van Haeringen, A ^d   Helderman, A T J M ^d   Hilhorst Hofstee, Y ^d   Kant, S ^d   Maat Kievit, J A ^d   Oosterwijk, J C ^d   Van Der Smagt, J J ^d   Vegter van Der Vlis, M ^d   Vries van Der Weerd, M A C S ^d   Zoeteweij, M W ^d   Bakker, E ^d   Devilee, P ^d   Losekoot, M ^d   Tops, C ^d   Cornelisse, C J ^d   Vasen, H F A ^e   more..

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Clinical Genetics ^*

^e Dutch Found of Hereditary Tumours   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hereditary late onset disorders; Predicting distress; Presymptomatic dna testing

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0006309338     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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