Testing children for cancer genes: The rule of earliest onset

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 390-395

  Kodish, Eric D ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CHILD; COLON CANCER; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033510544     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70142-3     Document Type: Article

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