Article
[Place and role of genetic counseling].
Revue medicale de Bruxelles - 1 Sept 2001
Abramowicz M
Abstract excerpt
Genetic counseling is a medical act that consists of informing a patient of his/her risk of developing a genetic disorder, or of transmitting it to his/her offspring, and of informing about diagnostic and therapeutic options, allowing for informed choices. When about a risk to future offspring, genetic counseling is often linked to prenatal diagnosis with elective termination of affected pregnancies, or, in...
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