Disease rarity, carrier status, and gender: A triple disadvantage for women with Fabry disease

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 528-537

  Gibas, Andrea L ^a,e   Klatt, Regan ^b   Johnson, Jack ^c   Clarke, Joe T R ^b   Katz, Joel ^a,d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c Fabry Support and Information Group   (United States)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fabry disease; Female heterozygotes; Healthcare; Lysosomal storage disorder; Qualitative analysis; Sex linked disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FABRY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

FABRY DISEASE; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 57349113073     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-008-9179-7     Document Type: Article

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