How can we improve amniocentesis decision-making?
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How can we improve amniocentesis decision-making?
The decision to have an amniocentesis entails a trade-off between a risk of procedure associated miscarriage and the benefit of obtaining diagnostic information to identify Down syndrome or other chromosomal aneuploidy. Ideally, this trade-off is informed by first and second trimester pre-natal screening tests, such that women with low risk screening test results are not encouraged to have an a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2045-4015
DOI: 10.1186/s13584-016-0060-0