Ethics: Genetic testing for MEN1g - Whose responsibility?

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 575-576

  Lips, Cornelis J M ^a   Höppener, Jo W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; GENE MUTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; ONCOGENE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 84866625679     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2012.164     Document Type: Article

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