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Cost-effectiveness of prenatal screening for thalassaemia in Hong Kong
, 2004 Objectives: To determine the cost effectiveness of a universal prenatal screening program for α- and β-thalassaemia. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our program from 1998 to 2002, and calculated the direct and indirect costs of various components ...
Lee, YP +8 more
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Assessment of Growth in Cardio‐Facio‐Cutaneous Syndrome
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cardio‐facio‐cutaneous (CFC) syndrome is a rare, multiple congenital anomaly disorder in which individuals commonly experience faltering growth; however, systematic analysis of growth parameters in this disorder has not been performed. We recruited 69 participants with CFC through CFC International and collected data on assessing height ...
Kari Johnston +6 more
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Prediction values of fat-soluble vitamin of growth retardation in children aged 1–6 years
Frontiers in PediatricsBackgroundRetardation among children is a persistent global health concern. Vitamin deficiency in childhood may contribute to growth retardation; however, its causal effects are not fully understood.ObjectiveHere, we aimed to explore the prediction ...
Qingqing Yan +4 more
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Prenatal Diagnosis, 2018 To assess the implications of increasing utilization of noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS), which may reach 50% with the concomitant decrease in diagnostic procedures (DPs) for its impact on detection of chromosomal abnormalities.
M. Evans +5 more
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A comparison of attitudes towards prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis [PDF]
, 2010 Technological advances in prenatal screening and diagnosis mean that it is now possible to test for a wide range of congenital conditions (Hewison et al., 2007).
Miller, Chloe Louise
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, 2015 Objective: A two-step model on information on prenatal screening consists of brief information at the first visit at the Maternal Health Care Centre and an offer of extended information at a separate visit.
Wätterbjörk, Inger, +7 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Women with the FMR1 premutation (PM) are at increased risk for fragile X‐associated conditions (FXPAC), including cognitive and psychiatric features collectively termed fragile X‐associated neuropsychiatric disorders (FXAND). This study is the first to systematically investigate cognitive and psychiatric features in Italian female premutation ...
Federica Alice Maria Montanaro +5 more
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Prenatal hepatitis C screening, diagnoses, and follow-up testing in British Columbia, 2008-2019.
PLoS ONE, 2020 ObjectiveCurrent guidelines in British Columbia recommend prenatal screening for hepatitis C antibodies (anti-HCV) if risk factors are present. We aimed to estimate frequency of prenatal anti-HCV testing, new diagnoses, repeated and follow-up testing ...
Margo E Pearce +15 more
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American Journal of Human Genetics, 2019 The Netherlands launched a nationwide implementation study on non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) as a first-tier test offered to all pregnant women. This started on April 1, 2017 as the TRIDENT-2 study, licensed by the Dutch Ministry of Health.
K. V. D. van der Meij +39 more
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Laughter as medical providers' resource : negotiating informed choice in prenatal genetic counseling [PDF]
, 2011 This article aims to challenge the perception that in medical encounters laughter is an interactional resource primarily employed by patients. Drawing on 34 video-recorded prenatal genetic counseling (PGC) sessions collected in a Hong Kong hospital, and ...
Schnurr, S +5 more
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