Cystic fibrosis heterozygote screening in 5,161 pregnant women

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 823-835

  Witt, David R ^a   Schaefer, Catherine ^b   Hallam, Patricia ^b   Wi, Soora ^b   Blumberg, Bruce ^b   Fishbach, Andrea ^b   Holtzman, Judy ^b   Kornfeld, Shoshana ^b   Lee, Robin ^b   Nemzer, Laurie ^b   Palmer, Robbin ^b  

^a Genetics Department   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SELECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALIFORNIA; CARRIERS; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPREHENSION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CARE PROGRAM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA; PREGNANT WOMEN;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 19144366332     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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