Prenatal testing for Down syndrome: The perspectives of parents of individuals with Down syndrome
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Prenatal Screening for Down Syndrome
Down syndrome ([DS] trisomy 21) is the most common cause of intellectual disability worldwide, affects approximately 1:500 pregnancies and is seen in 1:800 to 1:1,000 live births [1]. Down syndrome is the leading cause of prenatal chromosome abnormalities, accounting for 53% of all reported chromosome conditions. Genetic prenatal diagnosis (PD) for DS, since its introduction in the late 1960s, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1552-4825
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35238