Genetic risk perception and reproductive decision making among people with epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1874-1877

  Helbig, Katherine L ^a   Bernhardt, Barbara A ^b   Conway, Laura J ^a   Valverde, Kathleen D ^a   Helbig, Ingo ^c   Sperling, Michael R ^d  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Genetic counseling; Offspring risk; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPILEPSY; EXERCISE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEVER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STRESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DECISION MAKING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956310148     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02507.x     Document Type: Article

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