Presymptomatic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2: how distressing are the pre-test weeks? Rotterdam/Leiden Genetics Working Group.

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Published in J Med Genet on December 01, 1999

Authors

L N Lodder1, P G Frets, R W Trijsburg, E J Meijers-Heijboer, J G Klijn, H J Duivenvoorden, A Tibben, A Wagner, C A van der Meer, P Devilee, C J Cornelisse, M F Niermeijer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Erasmus University Rotterdam/Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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