Assessment and communication of lifetime disease risk by genetic counselors: Maintaining the link between research and practice

Human Heredity

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-66

  Chase, Gary A ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESPAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745072707     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092647     Document Type: Editorial

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