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Attitudes toward prenatal genetic testing and therapeutic termination of pregnancy among parents of offspring with Prader-Willi syndrome.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2017
Even-Zohar Gross Noa, Geva-Eldar Talia, Pollak Yehuda, Hirsch Harry J, Gross Itai, Gross-Tsur Varda
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Prenatal diagnosis (PND) raises ethical dilemmas such as the option of termination of pregnancy (TOP) in cases with severe outcome. Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), a complex neurogenetic syndrome with high morbidity and mortality throughout life. Recently, a unique prenatal phenotype was reported and TOP becomes a possibility. OBJECTIVE: To explore factors influencing the attitudes of parents of PWS...
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