The choice to have a disabled child [5] (multiple letters)

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1204-1208

  Michie, S ^a   Marteau, T M ^a   Middleton, A ^a   Mueller, R F ^a   Hewison, J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; LETTER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0033364826     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302576     Document Type: Letter

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