How important is consent in maternal serum screening for Down syndrome in France? Information and consent evaluation in maternal serum screening for Down syndrome: a French study
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How important is consent in maternal serum screening for Down syndrome in France? Information and consent evaluation in maternal serum screening for Down syndrome: a French study.
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the level of information and informed consent for maternal serum screening (MSS) for Down syndrome (DS) in the second trimester of pregnancy and analyse the exercise of autonomy towards the test by the women concerned. METHODS We studied the population of pregnant women attending obstetric consultations in two French hospitals over a 3-month period. The women were assig...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prenatal Diagnosis
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0197-3851,1097-0223
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1656