Recruiting first-degree relatives for prevention research: A comparison of clinician and proband-led methods of contact in Crohn's disease

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1263-1268

  Reid, Erin P ^a   Forbes, Alastair ^b,e   Sanderson, Jeremy ^c   Mathew, Christopher G ^d   Lewis, Cathryn ^d   Marteau, Theresa M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33751312501     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201699     Document Type: Article

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