Diagnostic DNA testing for Huntington's disease;Diagnostisk DNA-testing for Huntingtons sykdom

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 120, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 2408-2410

  Helle, Johan Robert ^a   Braathen, Geir Julius ^a   Skodje, Tove ^a   Berg, Kåre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LEGAL ASPECT; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0034734206     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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