Motivating factors for physician ordering of factor V Leiden genetic tests

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-74

  Hindorff, Lucia A ^a,e,f   Burke, Wylie ^a   Laberge, Anne Marie ^a   Rice, Kenneth M ^a   Lumley, Thomas ^a   Leppig, Kathleen ^b   Rosendaal, Frits R ^d   Larson, Eric B ^c   Psaty, Bruce M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Division of Medical Genetics   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FACTOR V; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 58349086975     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.517     Document Type: Article

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