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Response to “A Psychological Perspective on Factors Predicting Prophylactic Salpingo-Oophorectomy in a Sample of Italian Women from the General Population. Results from a Hypothetical Study in the Context of BRCA Mutations”

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Cox, D.M. Response to “A Psychological Perspective on Factors Predicting Prophylactic Salpingo-Oophorectomy in a Sample of Italian Women from the General Population. Results from a Hypothetical Study in the Context of BRCA Mutations”. J Genet Counsel 27, 1312–1313 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-018-0280-2

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