Screening gamete donors for cystic fibrosis status
Findlay, I.; Forbes, K.L.; Parker, M.H.
Medical Journal of Australia 173(7): 380-381
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X PMID: 11062796 Document Number: 516476
Gamete donors are currently not tested for cystic fibrosis, even though carriers have a very high risk of producing children with the disease. We recommend that gamete donors be routinely tested for cystic fibrosis. Similar arguments exist for antenatal screening for cystic fibrosis.
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