Genetic risks to the mother and the infant: Assessment, counseling, and management

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-146

  Shapira, Stuart K ^a   Dolan, Siobhan ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Advanced paternal age; Family history assessment; Preconception genetic counseling; Pregnancy risks from genetic conditions; Prenatal genetic risks

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TAY SACHS DISEASE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 33748694115     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-006-0099-6     Document Type: Article

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