Different options for prenatal testing for Huntington's disease using DNA probes.

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Published in J Med Genet on June 01, 1989

Authors

M Fahy1, C Robbins, M Bloch, R W Turnell, M R Hayden

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

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