Evaluation of exclusion prenatal and exclusion preimplantation genetic diagnosis for Huntington's disease in the Netherlands

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-124

  van Rij, M C ^a,b   de Die Smulders, C E M ^a,c   Bijlsma, E K ^b   de Wert, G M W R ^c   Geraedts, J P ^a,c   Roos, R A C ^b   Tibben, A ^b,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exclusion testing; Genetic counselling; Huntingtons' disease (HD); Preimplantation genetic diagnosis(PGD); Prenatal diagnosis (PD or PND); Qualitative study; Reproductive decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCLUSION PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; EXCLUSION PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84872038727     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12058     Document Type: Article

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