The right to ignore genetic status of late onset genetic disease in the genomic era; prenatal testing for Huntington disease as a paradigm

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1774-1780

  Erez, A ^a   Plunkett, K ^a   Sutton, V R ^a   McGuire, A L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Guidelines; Huntington disease; Prenatal testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC RISK; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT RIGHT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954129820     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33432     Document Type: Article

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