Rationale and design of the careful study: The yield of cardiogenetic screening in first degree relatives of sudden cardiac and unexplained death victims <45 years

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 286-290

  Hendrix, A ^a   van der Werf, C ^b   Bots, M L ^c   Birnie, E ^d   van der Smagt, J J ^c   Borleffs, C J W ^e   Vink, A ^c   van Weert, H C ^f   Doevendans, P A F M ^a   Wilde, A A M ^f   Mosterd, A ^c,g   van Langen, I M ^f,h  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b Academic Clinical Center   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude to death; Bereavement; Death; Family; Genetic counseling; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DNA EXTRACTION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; REGISTRATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STUDY DESIGN; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 77955946114     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03091778     Document Type: Article

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