Carrier screening in preconception consultation in primary care
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Ethical issues in preconception genetic carrier screening
Population-based preconception genetic carrier screening programmes (PCS) with expanded panels are currently being developed in the Netherlands. This form of genetic screening for recessive traits differs from other forms of genetic testing and screening in that it is offered to persons not known to have an increased risk of being carriers of genetic traits for severe recessive diseases and in ...
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The recent publications on preconception health and care are very interesting (1). Indeed, the ethical issues are important concerns. The published article by Kihlbom focused upon preconception genetic screening with expanded panels, but it is only for one trait (2). I would like to share the practice in my country on the screening of complex endemic genetic problems. In Thailand, genetic carri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Community Genetics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1868-310X,1868-6001
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-011-0071-z