Ethical aspects of plans to combat Huntington's chorea
Consideration is given to some strategies to combat Huntington's disease in the absence of treatment to arrest its progress. Ethical issues for tests such as levodopa loading, to provoke symptoms prematurely in carriers of the gene, are compared with those associated with schemes for delaying t...
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BMJ Publ.
1981
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1981, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 24-27 |
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