Prenatal DNA test raises both hopes and worries
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Prenatal DNA test raises both hopes and worries.
nancy, Barbara Farlow discovered that her daughter Annie would be born with the genetic disorder trisomy 13, a chromosomal abnormality — and a label — that would determine her future medical care. In August 2005, Annie, not yet 3 months old, suffered a respiratory attack and was admitted to hospital. She died within 24 hours. The official cause was “complications of trisomy 13,” but Farlow and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.090349