Attitudes of German persons at risk for Huntington's disease toward predictive and prenatal testing

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 303-311

  Kreuz, F R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

At risk persons; Direct DNA analysis; Indirect DNA analysis; Psychosocial aspects

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029752243     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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