The Psychological Consequences of Predictive Testing for Huntingtonʼs Disease
Obstetrical & Gynecological SurveyPublished 1 April 1993
Sandi Wiggins, PATH WHYTE, Marlene J. Huggins, Shelin Adam, Jane Theilmann, Maurice Bloch
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Predictive testing for Huntington's disease has potential benefits for the psychological health of persons who receive results that indicate either an increase or a decrease in the risk of inheriting the gene for the disease.
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WIGGINS, SANDI; WHYTE, PATH; HUGGINS, MARLENE; ADAM, SHELIN; THEILMANN, JANE; BLOCH, MAURICE; SHEPS, SAMUEL B.; SCHECHTER, MARTIN T.; HAYDEN, MICHAEL R. CANADIAN COLLABORATIVE STUDY OF PREDICTIVE TESTING Author Information
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Neuroscience