Long-term psychological effects of carrier testing and prenatal diagnosis of haemophilia: Comparison with a control group

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 411-417

  Tedgard U ^a,b   Ljung, R ^a   McNeil, T F ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carrier testing; Follow up study; Haemophilia; Prenatal diagnosis; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOPHILIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0345189528     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199905)19:5<411::aid-pd551>3.0.co;2-h     Document Type: Article

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