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sudha2015 - 02-28-11 23:33
A 29-year old man is diagnosed with presymptomatic Huntington’s disease. This disease is an autosomal dominant (50% chance of having the disease in each pregnancy). He requested his physician not to tell the diagnosis to his wife. The wife wants to have children.
sudha2015 - 02-28-11 23:33
A 29-year old man is diagnosed with presymptomatic Huntington’s disease. This disease is an autosomal dominant (50% chance of having the disease in each pregnancy). He requested his physician not to tell the diagnosis to his wife. The wife wants to have children.
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Re: ETHICS babbu5508 - 03-01-11 14:16 A 29-year old man is diagnosed with presymptomatic Huntingtons disease. This disease is an autosomal dominant (50% chance of having the disease in each pregnancy). He requested his physician not to tell the diagnosis to his wife. The wife wants to have children....you should not tell the wife but insist him to tell and tell him the complications in his child
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