The general practitioner and the "new genetics"

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-111

  Mann, Linda ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA; DYSTROPHIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 DEFICIENCY; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTION; CONSULTATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA SCREENING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOWN SYNDROME; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FETUS RISK; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IRON DEFICIENCY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MICROCYTOSIS; MODEL; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAFF TRAINING; THALASSEMIA; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 0043092457     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05449.x     Document Type: Review

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