Understandings of Down's syndrome and their place in the prenatal testing context [PDF]
, 2003 INTRODUCTION: There is a growing consensus that decisions about prenatal testing should a) be informed, and b) reflect the individual's attitudes and values.
Bryant, Louise Dorothy
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Attitudes toward prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy in Saudi Arabia [PDF]
, 2004 INTRODUCTION: Advances in molecular biology will soon make it possible to offer parents prenatal testing for a large number of different genetic disorders.
Alsulaiman, Ayman
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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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Attitude of Reproductive Healthcare Providers to Prenatal Diagnosis in a Low Resource Nigerian Setting [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Introduction: Prenatal diagnosis comprises all diagnostic modalities aimed at gaining information about the embryo or fetal wellbeing. It enables antenatal care tailored to the individual need(s) of the fetus.
Leonard Ogbonna Ajah +5 more
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Cahiers Droit, Sciences & Technologies, 2022 Fetal DNA tests, also known as non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), can detect abnormalities in fetuses. When they began to be used in France, the Ministry of Health asked an agency, the Haute Autorité de santé, to assess them.
Carine Vassy
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Is Estimation of HbA2 Alone Sufficient for Screening Beta Thalassaemia Carriers: A Case in Perspective [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Beta thalassaemia is one of the most common inherited haemoglobinopathies, characterised by reduced or absent production of the beta globin chain. In India, the carrier frequency of thalassaemia is estimated to be 3-4%.
Beena Suresh +2 more
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Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT): Reliability, Challenges, and Future Directions
Diagnostics, 2023 Non-invasive prenatal testing was first discovered in 1988; it was primarily thought to be able to detect common aneuploidies, such as Patau syndrome (T13), Edward Syndrome (T18), and Down syndrome (T21).
Siva Shantini Jayashankar +6 more
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Diagnosed After Birth-But Detectable Before? A Cohort Study of Prenatal Testing Potential. [PDF]
Prenat DiagnObjective: To evaluate the yield of prenatal genetic testing in infants with a confirmed genetic diagnosis. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed records of infants with a genetic diagnosis who were evaluated using a standardized genetic consult and ...
Schartman A +6 more
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The expressivist objection to prenatal testing : the experiences of families living with genetic disease [PDF]
, 2014 The expressivist objection to prenatal testing is acknowledged as a significant critique of prenatal testing practices most commonly advanced by disability rights supporters.
Felicity Kate Boardman +2 more
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Defending biomedical authority and regulating the womb as social space. Prenatal testing in the Polish press [PDF]
, 2010 The issue of abortion has been the topic of heated and frequent debate in post-Communist Poland. Parliamentary debate in 1998—9 centred around a legislative attempt to restrict prenatal testing, specifically amniocentesis, in order to further reduce the ...
Kramer, Anne-Marie +1 more
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