UPTAKE OF PRESYMPTOMATIC PREDICTIVE TESTING FOR HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE

The Lancet

Volumn 334, Issue 8663, 1989, Pages 603-605

  Craufurd, David ^a   Kerzin Storrar, Lauren ^a   Dodge, Alan ^a   Harris, Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; GENE PROBE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024426983     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(89)90722-8     Document Type: Article

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