Predictive testing of 25 percent at-risk individuals for Huntington disease (1987-1997)

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 662-668

  Maat Kievit, Anneke ^a   Vegter Van Der Vlis, Maria ^a   Zoeteweij, Moniek ^a   Losekoot, Monique ^a   Van Haeringen, Arie ^a   Roos, Raymund A C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

25 at risk individuals; Huntington disease; Predictive testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GUILT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0033573218     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991215)88:6<662::AID-AJMG16>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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