Reproductive decision making before and after predictive testing for Huntington's disease: An Australian perspective

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 404-411

  Richards, Fiona H ^a   Rea, G ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Huntington's disease; Predictive testing; Prenatal testing; Reproductive decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 17644413772     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2005.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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