Titre : | Who should be offered prenatal diagnosis ? The 35-year-old question. (1999) |
Auteurs : | M. KUPPERMANN ; J.D. GOLDBERG ; Rfjr NEASE ; A.E. WASHINGTON ; Department of Obstetrics. Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. School of Medicine. University of California. San Francisco. USA ; Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. School of Medicine. University of California. San Francisco. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 89, n° 2, 1999) |
Pagination : | 160-163 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Diagnostic prénatal ; Diagnostic ; Homme ; Femme ; Grossesse ; Aberration chromosomique ; Age ; Historique ; Recommandation ; Politique santé ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Amérique du Nord |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST R0xPPe9o. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Prenatal diagnosis of chromoso-nal disorders is generally offered to women who will be 35 years or older at the time of delivery or who have been determined via serum screening to be at risk similar to that of a woman older then 35 years. This age threshold was based on 4 major rationales that reflect considerations of resouted and effectiveness. In this paper we explore the current screening recommendations an dconsider new information that calls the 35-years threshold into question. We conclude that guidelines regarding use of prenatal diagnosis account for the preferences of the individual patient as well as for individual risk. |