Counselling following diagnosis of a fetal abnormality: Comparison of different clinical specialists in Mexico

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-28

  Carnevale, Alessandra ^a   Lisker, Rubén ^b   Villa, Antonio R ^b   Casanueva, Esther ^c   Alonso, Elisa ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

fetal abnormality; genetic counselling; prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEXICO; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031054658     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970303)69:1<23::AID-AJMG5>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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