Discovering the family history of Huntington Disease (HD)

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-117

  Etchegary, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family history; Genetic risk; Huntington disease (HD); Initial discovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHILD; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745030309     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-006-9018-7     Document Type: Article

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