Italian appeal court: A genetic predisposition to commit murder

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 519-521

  Forzano, Francesca ^a   Borry, Pascal ^b   Cambon Thomsen, Anne ^c   Hodgson, Shirley V ^d   Tibben, Aad ^e,f   De Vries, Petrus ^g   Van El, Carla ^h   Cornel, Martina ^h,i,j  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Centre for Society and Genomics   (Netherlands)

^j Societal Aspects Section of the CMSB   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PUNISHMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; ITALY; JUDICIAL ROLE; MALE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 77951621237     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.31     Document Type: Short Survey

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