Having a brother or sister with Down syndrome: Perspectives from siblings

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2348-2359

  Skotko, Brian G ^a   Levine, Susan P ^b   Goldstein, Richard ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Family Resource Associates Inc   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Brother; Down syndrome; Prenatal diagnosis; Siblings; Sister; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DOWN SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLINGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053097397     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34228     Document Type: Article

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