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Learning to live with Huntington's disease : one family's story /
'This is a moving true story of how people can find the inner strength to rise above it when their world is turned upside down.'. - Richard Branson. Huntington's Disease (HD) is a hereditary illness passed on via a defective gene. There is a fifty per cent chance of inheriting it from...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 'This is a moving true story of how people can find the inner strength to rise above it when their world is turned upside down.'. - Richard Branson. Huntington's Disease (HD) is a hereditary illness passed on via a defective gene. There is a fifty per cent chance of inheriting it from a parent and there is yet no cure. Learning to Live with Huntington's Disease is one family's poignant story of coping with the symptoms, the diagnosis and the effects of HD. This book presents the struggles and strengths of the whole family when one member loses their future to a terminal illness. Told by the su. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (page 176). |
| ISBN: | 9781435603059 1435603052 9781846426308 1846426308 9786611105402 6611105409 |