Sickle cell disease genetic counseling and testing: A review
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The genetic counseling has the purpose of guiding people through a conscientious and balanced decision making process regarding procreation, helping them to understand how the hereditary succession can contribute for the occurrence or risk of recurrence of genetic illnesses, as it is the case of the sickle cell anemia. This type of anemia is the most prevalence hereditary illness in Brazil and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2321-4848
DOI: 10.4103/2321-4848.183342