Risk reversals in predictive testing for Huntington disease

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 945-952

  Almqvist, Elisabeth ^a   Adam, Shelin ^a   Bloch, Maurice ^a,b   Fuller, Anne ^c   Welch, Philip ^c   Eisenberg, Debbie ^d   Whelan, Don ^d   Macgregor, David ^e,f   Meschino, Wendy ^e   Hayden, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^e NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Janeway Genetics Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK;

EID: 16944361811     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514873     Document Type: Article

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