Genetic testing

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 344-347

  Pagon, Roberta A ^a   Hanson, Nancy B ^a   Neufeld Kaiser, Whitney ^a   Covington, Maxine L ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035007625     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.174.5.344     Document Type: Article

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