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Genetic screening for cystic fibrosis.
Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America - 1 Jun 2002
Gregg Anthony R, Simpson Joe Leigh
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The importance of the recent recommendations that address cystic fibrosis carrier screening cannot be overemphasized. For the first time, a systematic approach to offering or making screening available to all pregnant women in the hopes of providing refined risk estimates for a genetic disease has been established. Caucasian of European or Ashkenazi-Jewish descent should be offered screening. Within the proposed...
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