Psychological aspects of presymptomatic diagnosis in Huntington disease;A Huntington-betegség preszimptómás genetikai vizsgálatát kérok pszichológiai felkészítése

Orvosi Hetilap

Volumn 149, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 609-612

  Bondor, Berta ^a   Kárteszi, Judit ^a   Hadzsiev, K Kinga ^a   Kellermayer, Richárd ^a   Melegh, Béla ^a   Kosztolányi, György ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Huntington disease; Presymptomatic testing; Psychological aspects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 41949091180     PISSN: 00306002     EISSN: 17886120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/OH.2008.28269     Document Type: Article

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