Impact of TSC on the Family and Genetic Counseling Issues

Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Genes, Clinical Features and Therapeutics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 387-396

  Whittemore, Vicky H ^a   Lewis, Janine ^b  

^a Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Family impact; Genetic counseling; Mosaicism; Mutation; Prenatal testing options; Proband; Tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886206501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527630073.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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