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Implementing carrier screening for cystic fibrosis outside the clinic: ethical analysis in the light of the personalist view.
La Clinica terapeutica - 1 Jan 2000
Di Pietro M L, Teleman A A, Gonzalez-Melado F J, Zace D, Di Raimo F R, Lucidi V, Refolo P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease. Two models for screening CF are normally used: newborn screening and population-based CF carrier screening. In turn, there are three main models of population-based CF carrier screening: prenatal carrier screening, preconception carrier screening, and carrier screening outside clinical settings. AIM: To evaluate, in the light of the...
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