Providing appropriate genetic information to healthy carriers of hemoglobinopathy can be a welcome and safe initiative: The Latium example

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 734-738

  Amato, Antonio ^a   Lerone, Maria ^a   Grisanti, Paola ^a   Gizzi, Lina ^a   Kaufmann, Judith O ^b   Giordano, Piero C ^b,c  

^a Associazione Nazionale Microcitemie Italia ANMI ONLUS   (Italy)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; GENETIC RISK; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84863926053     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2011.0290     Document Type: Article

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