Counselling issues in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-188

  Yu, B ^a   French, J A ^a   Jeremy, R W ^a   French, P ^b   McTaggart, D R ^c   Nicholson, M R ^d   Semsarian, C ^a   Richmond, D R ^a   Trent, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Calvary Hospital   (Australia)

^c LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Counselling; Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Penetrance

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN C;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0031920947     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.35.3.183     Document Type: Article

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