Committee Opinion No. 690 Summary: Carrier Screening in the Age of Genomic Medicine.

@article{2017CommitteeON,
  title={Committee Opinion No. 690 Summary: Carrier Screening in the Age of Genomic Medicine.},
  author={},
  journal={Obstetrics and gynecology},
  year={2017},
  volume={129 3},
  pages={
          595-596
        }
}
  • Published 2017
  • Medicine
  • Obstetrics and gynecology
    • Carrier screening, whether targeted or expanded, allows individuals to consider their range of reproductive options. Ultimately, the goal of genetic screening is to provide individuals with meaningful information that they can use to guide pregnancy planning based on their personal values. Ethnic-specific, panethnic, and expanded carrier screening are acceptable strategies for prepregnancy and prenatal carrier screening. Because all of these are acceptable strategies, each obstetrician… CONTINUE READING
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