Outrageous fortune: The risk of suicide in genetic testing for Huntington disease

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1289-1292

  Bird, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033362097     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302388     Document Type: Article

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