Psychological distress in the 5-year period after predictive testing for Huntington's disease

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-38

  Decruyenaere, Marleen ^a   Evers Kiebooms, Gerry ^a   Cloostermans, Trees ^a   Boogaerts, Andrea ^a   Demyttenaere, Koen ^a   Dom, René ^a   Fryns, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Huntington's disease; Predictive DNA testing; Psychological impact

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DNA DETERMINATION; EGO STRENGTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; EGO; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037262015     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200913     Document Type: Article

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