The right not to know and preimplantation genetic diagnosis for Huntington's disease

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-33

  Asscher, E ^a   Koops, B J ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

CONFIDENTIALITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 77951643529     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.031047     Document Type: Article

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