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Incidental discovery of nonpaternity during prenatal testing of genetic disease.
Fetal diagnosis and therapy - 1 Jan 2008
Li Dongzhi, Liao Can
Abstract excerpt
Many ethical considerations surround prenatal genetic diagnosis, some of which are not anticipated. We present 2 cases in which misattributed paternity was inadvertently discovered during the workup of a father and son and a father and fetus, and present arguments for and against disclosure of this information. We recommend that healthcare providers must be prepared to deal with this kind of issue.
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