Parents' Interest in Predictive Genetic Testing for Their Children When a Disease Has No Treatment
- 1 September 2009
- journal article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 124 (3), e432-e438
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2008-2389
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The goal was to measure parents' interest in obtaining predictive genetic testing for their children for a disease that has no treatment.Keywords
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