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A place for genetic uncertainty: parents valuing an unknown in the meaning of disease.

Social science & medicine (1982) - 1 Sept 2007

Whitmarsh Ian, Davis Arlene M, Skinner Debra, Bailey Donald B

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Klinefelter, Turner, and fragile X syndromes are conditions defined by a genetic or chromosomal variant. The timing of diagnosis, tests employed, specialists involved, symptoms evident, and prognoses available vary considerably within and across these syndromes, but all three share in common a diagnosis verified through a molecular or cytogenetic test. The genetic or chromosomal variant identified designates a...

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PMID: 17561324
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.04.034
PMCID: PMC2267724

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