Family physicians' management of genetic aspects of a cardiac disease: A scenario-based study from Slovenia

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-22

  Klemenc Ketis Z ^a,b   Peterlin, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b Medical School of Ljubljana   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Case management; Family medicine; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84915798448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13110160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2014-0020     Document Type: Article

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