Huntington's Disease

ISBN-13: 9780791095867 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 128 str.

David M Lawrence

Opis

Huntington's disease is a progressive genetic disease. This title introduces this disease, detailing its history and progression, and discusses the search for the gene that causes it and the development of genetic tests for the gene. It addresses the ethical questions of testing people for a disease whose symptoms typically develop later in life.