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Doctors push for better education about some prenatal genetic screening
Prenatal testing for some rare genetic conditions raises ethical issues and anxiety for expectant parents, some medical experts say.
Key points:
- False positives in non-invasive prenatal testing for rare conditions can lead to anxiety and invasive testing for expectant parents
- Pre-test counselling needs to improve, highlighting the importance of informed consent for tests
- A clinical geneticist says the tests can provide women with choice
A group of doctors has published an article on recent advances in non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in The Medical Journal of Australia.
It said the screening, done by taking a sample of the mother’s blood, was introduced in 2010 and had revolutionised prenatal testing.
NIPT was found to have an “excellent”…
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