To test or not to test: An ethical conflict with presymptomatic testing of individuals at 25% risk for Huntington's disorder

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 442-446

  Lindblad, A N ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

25 risk; Huntington's disease; Medical ethics; Presymptomatic testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

EID: 0035695066     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2001.600606.x     Document Type: Article

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