Risk Reversals in Predictive Testing for Huntington Disease
โ Scribed by Elisabeth Almqvist; Shelin Adam; Maurice Bloch; Anne Fuller; Philip Welch; Debbie Eisenberg; Don Whelan; David Macgregor; Wendy Meschino; Michael R. Hayden
- Book ID
- 117855087
- Publisher
- American Society of Human Genetics
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9297
- DOI
- 10.1086/514873
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Huntington disease (HD) is a late-onset genetic disorder that is incurable and undetectable until the onset of symptoms. A marker for the gene that causes HD was recently discovered that will lead to a predictive test. The purpose of this research was to assess the attitudes, beliefs, and behavioral