Social adjustment in adult males affected with progressive muscular dystrophy

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 4-12

  Eggers, Sabine ^a   Zatz, Mayana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disabled; Emotional support; Genetic counselling; Psychosocial; WHO Disability Assessment Schedule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; RECURRENCE RISK; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

EID: 0032492112     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980207)81:1<4::aid-ajmg2>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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