Psychological implications and acceptability of preimplantation diagnosis
- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Human Reproduction
- Vol. 9 (2) , 360-362
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138508
Abstract
The aim of this study was to ascertain the degree of acceptability of preimplantation diagnosis with blastocentesis in 180 women at risk for β-thalassaemia awaiting chorionic villus sampling (CVS). The women were asked to fill in a questionnaire some days before sampling. All women who had had previous therapeutic abortion found blastocentesis acceptable. Only 30% of women who had not had previous therapeutic abortion chose blastocentesis, whilst 25% of primigravid women opted for blastocentesis. From these preliminary data it seems that obstetric experience is an important factor in the reproductive choice of women at high genetic riskKeywords
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