Psychological impact of news of genetic risk for Huntington disease

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 188-192

  Horowitz, Mardi J ^a   Field, Nigel P ^a   Zanko, Andrea ^a   Donnelly, Edward F ^a   Epstein, Charles ^a   Longo, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Huntington gene; Neurological impairment; Psychological symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035888101     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1538     Document Type: Article

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