Attitudes to prenatal and preimplantation diagnosis in Saudi parents at genetic risk

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1010-1014

  Alsulaiman, Ayman ^a   Hewison, J ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; THALASSEMIA;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 33751349696     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1544     Document Type: Article

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