Family history: The three-generation pedigree

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 441-448

  Wattendorf, Daniel J ^a,b,c   Hadley, Donald W ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODING; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENEALOGY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; MONOGENIC DISORDER; MULTIFACTORIAL GENETIC DISORDER; PEDIGREE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; VISUAL AID;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PEDIGREE;

EID: 23244449639     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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