Genetic testing of children at risk for adult onset conditions: When is testing indicated?

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 523-525

  Lwiwski, N ^a   Greenberg, C R ^a   Mhanni, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult onset conditions; Colorectal cancer (CRC); Genetic counseling; Genetic testing; HNPCC; MLH1 gene

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MLH1;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ETHICS; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONSET AGE; PARENTAL CONSENT; POINT MUTATION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 57349127920     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-008-9161-4     Document Type: Article

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