Primary prevention of physical and mental handicaps: genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis.
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چکیده
Primêre voorkoming is ’n belangrike terrein vir mediese genetika en die geneticse raadgewer vertolk hierin ’n belangrike roi. Daar is egter spesifieke indikasies vir verwysing van persone na ’n genetiese raadgewer en sy span, ’n Belangrike ontwikkeling in primêre voorkoming van genetiese afwykings is die moontlikheid van voorgeboortediagnose, deur amniosentese, van veral chromosoom afwykings, neuraalbuisdefekte en sekere metaboliese toestande. Die Departement van Gesondheid en Welsyn bied gratis genetiese dienste vir die gemeenskap in Suid-Afrika aan. So ’n diens hou groot voordele in, ook vanuit die ekonomiese oogpunt gesien.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Curationis
دوره 5 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982