What do people want to know about NIPT? Content analysis of questions emailed to national NIPT information websites
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Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Erfocentrum, Amersfoort, the Netherlands Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands *Correspondence to: Saskia Tamminga. E-mail: [email protected]
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