How the magnitude of clinical severity and recurrence risk affects reproductive decisions in adult males with different forms of progressive muscular dystrophy

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-195

  Eggers, Sabine ^a   Zatz, Mayana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic counselling; Muscular dystrophies; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; RECURRENCE RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0031895163     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.35.3.189     Document Type: Article

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