Social, familial and medical aspects of Usher syndrome in Colombia

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-240

  Tamayo, Marta L ^a   Rodriguez, A ^b   Molina, R ^b   Martinez, M ^b   Bernal, J E ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b Colombia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Deaf blind implication; Familial relationships; Genetic counseling; Usher syndrome type I and type II

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SCREENING; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; USHER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; DEAFNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030799940     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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