Periconceptional clinics: A medical health care infrastructure of new genetics

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 515-518

  Czeizel, Andrew E ^a,c   Gasztonyi, Zoltan ^a   Kuliev, Anver ^b  

^a FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMUNITY CONTROL OF HEREDITARY DISEASES   (Hungary)

^b REPRODUCTIVE GENETICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Birth defects, diagnosis and prevention; Genetic disorders; Health care infrastructure of new genetics; Periconceptional clinic; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FETUS RISK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 27644449253     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088042     Document Type: Article

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