Genetic counseling and screening of consanguineous couples and their offspring: Recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-119

  Bennett, Robin L ^a,b   Motulsky, Arno G ^a,b   Bittles, Alan ^c   Hudgins, Louanne ^d   Uhrich, Stefanie ^b   Doyle, Debra Lochner ^e   Silvey, Kerry ^f   Scott, C Ronald ^a,b   Cheng, Edith ^a,b   McGillivray, Barbara ^g   Steiner, Robert D ^h   Olson, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Genetic counseling; Genetic screening; Genetic testing; Incest; Newborn screening; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL SERUM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROGENY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0013099836     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014593404915     Document Type: Review

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