Early testing for huntington disease in children: Pros and cons

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 482-484

  Toufexis, Megan ^a   Gieron Korthals, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic testing; Huntington disease; Juvenile Huntington disease

Indexed keywords

TOPIRAMATE;

ARTICLE; CAG REPEAT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOMA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SPIKE WAVE; STEREOTYPY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77950960665     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809343315     Document Type: Article

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