Practice guidelines for communicating a prenatal or postnatal diagnosis of down syndrome: Recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 432-441

  Sheets, Kathryn B ^a   Crissman, Blythe G ^a   Feist, Cori D ^b   Sell, Susan L ^c   Johnson, Lisa R ^d   Donahue, Kelly C ^e   Masser Frye, Diane ^f   Brookshire, Gail S ^g   Carre, Amanda M ^h   Lagrave, Danielle ⁱ   Brasington, Campbell K ^j  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENN STATE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Center for Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^e ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

^f RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^j CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Down syndrome; Genetic counseling; National Society of Genetic Counselors; Practice guidelines; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MANPOWER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

DOWN SYNDROME; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 80955178876     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-011-9375-8     Document Type: Article

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