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Genetic counseling and hereditary cancer

✍ Scribed by June A. Peters; Barbara Bowles Biesecker

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 181 KB
Volume: 80
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970801)80:3+<576::aid-cncr7>3.0.co;2-7

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✦ Synopsis

enetic counseling is a communication process that deals with the psychologic, medical, and genetic issues associated with the occurrence or risk of occurrence of a genetic disorder within a family.

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