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A plea for end-of-life discussions with patients suffering from Huntington's disease: the role of the physician
- Correspondence to Dr Suzanne J Booij, Department of Neurology, LUMC, PO Box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; s.j.booij{at}lumc.nl
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A plea for end-of-life discussions with patients suffering from Huntington's disease: the role of the physician
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- Received November 9, 2011
- Revised November 8, 2012
- Accepted November 25, 2012
- First published December 22, 2012.
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February 10, 2017
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