Reproductive Decision Making and Genetic Predisposition to Sudden Cardiac Death

AJOB Primary Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 30-39

  Barlevy, Dorit ^a   Wasserman, David ^a   Stolerman, Marina ^a   Erskine, Kathleen E ^b   Dolan, Siobhan M ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

genetic responsibility; LQTS; parental responsibility; prenatal testing; reproductive decision making; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862592663     PISSN: 21507716     EISSN: 21507724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507716.2012.662573     Document Type: Article

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