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Genetic counseling after implementation of statewide cystic fibrosis newborn screening: Two years' experience in one medical center.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Wheeler P G, Smith R, Dorkin H, Parad R B, Comeau A M, Bianchi D W
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PURPOSE: To study the follow-up of genetic counseling performed in families with a newborn detected with one cystic fibrosis (CF) mutation in a statewide newborn screening pilot program. METHODS: Newborns in Massachusetts with an elevated trypsinogen level on newborn screen who are found to have one mutation for CF on a selected mutation assay undergo sweat testing for CF, and their families receive genetic...
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