Adults seeking presymptomatic gene testing for huntington disease

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Williams, Janet K ^a   Schutte, Debra L ^a   Evers, Catherine A ^a   Forcucci, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Elderly Serv Agy of Johnson County   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Genetic disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032618953     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1999.tb00443.x     Document Type: Article

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