What were you thinking? Individuals at risk for huntington disease talk about having children

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 606-617

  Quaid, Kimberly A ^g   Swenson, Melinda M ^a   Sims, Sharon L ^a   Harrison, Joan M ^b   Moskowitz, Carol ^c   Stepanov, Nonna ^d   Suter, Gregory W ^e   Westphal, Beryl J ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Hereditary Neurological Disease Centre   (United States)

^f HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Genetic disease; Huntington disease; Reproduction; Reproductive decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650172425     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-010-9312-2     Document Type: Article

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