Decreasing uptake of predictive testing for Huntington's disease in a German centre: 12 years' experience (1993-2004)

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-300

  Bernhardt, Christiane ^a   Schwan, Anne Marie ^a   Kraus, Peter ^b   Epplen, Joerg Thomas ^a   Kunstmann, Erdmute ^a,c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GERMANY; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749131710     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.164     Document Type: Article

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