"My funky genetics": BRCA1/2 mutation carriers' understanding of genetic inheritance and reproductive merger in the context of new reprogenetic technologies

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-180

  Werner Lin, Allison ^a   Rubin, Lisa R ^b   Doyle, Maya ^a   Stern, Rikki ^c   Savin, Katie ^a   Hurley, Karen ^d   Sagi, Michal ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRIVATE PRACTICE   (United States)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

BRCA mutation; Couples; Genetic inheritance; Human reproduction; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; OVARY TUMOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84868640031     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028434     Document Type: Article

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