Testing children for adult-onset genetic diseases

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-167

  Caga anan, E Charlisse F ^a   Smith, Laurie ^b,c   Sharp, Richard R ^a,d   Lantos, John D ^b,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Ethics; Genetics; Policy; Polyposis; Screening

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONCOGENE; ONSET AGE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855270026     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3743     Document Type: Article

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