Predictive testing for Huntington disease in a developing country

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-97

  Futter, Merle J ^a   Heckmann, J M ^b   Greenberg, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing country; Huntington disease; Outcomes; Predictive testing; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PLESIOMORPHY; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149235253     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2008.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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