Genetic discrimination in Huntington's disease

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7708, 2009, Pages 1399-

  Tibben, Aad ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SERVICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PREJUDICE;

EID: 67650072477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1281     Document Type: Editorial

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