Just a family medical history?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7536, 2006, Pages 297-299

  Schmitz, Dagmar ^a   Wiesing, Urban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PEDIGREE;

EID: 32544433473     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7536.297     Document Type: Note

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