Prediction of psychological functioning one year after the predictive test for Huntington's disease and impact of the test result on reproductive decision making

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 737-743

  Decruyenaere, Marleen ^a   Evers Kiebooms, Gerry ^a   Boogaerts, Andrea ^a   Cassiman, Jean Jacques ^a   Cloostermans, Trees ^a   Demyttenaere, Koen ^a   Dom, René ^a   Fryns, Jean Pierre ^a   Van Den Berghe, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Huntington's disease; Predictive testing; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EGO STRENGTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCTION; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0029766883     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.9.737     Document Type: Article

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