Risk Assessment for Huntington’s Disease for (Future) Offspring Requires Offering Preconceptional CAG Analysis to Both Partners
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- 13 February 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Huntington's Disease
- Vol. 8 (1) , 71-78
Abstract
Amongst the main reasons people at risk for Huntington’s disease (HD) have for undergoing predictive genetic testing are planning a family and prevention of passing on an expanded CAG-repeat to future offspring. After having received an unfavourableKeywords
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