Controversies in Management: Screening before pregnancy is needed
- 26 November 1994
- Vol. 309 (6966) , 1428-1429
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.309.6966.1428
Abstract
Three issues need to be considered: providing and receiving accurate information; whether a person wishes to know if he or she carries a testable mutation of the cystic fibrosis gene; and making a person understand that if the result shows him or her to be a carrier relatives should be told and offered testing.Keywords
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