ATTITUDES TO PRENATAL AND PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS IN SAUDI PARENTS AT GENETIC RISK
Authors: Ayman Alsulaiman and J. Hewison
Abstracts
Background Prenatal diagnosis (PND) is only available for severe abnormality in Saudi Arabia, and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) has been proposed as a valuable alternative. The acceptability of PGD is unexplored, and may ultimately determine the value of […]
ATTITUDES TO PRENATAL TESTING AND TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY IN SAUDI ARABIA
Authors: Ayman Alsulaiman, J. Hewison
Abstract
Objective: To assess the attitudes of Saudi parents towards prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy for a range of different genetic disorders.
Methods: Two hundred Saudi parents (100 fathers and 100 mothers) completed a structured questionnaire which sought their views about each […]
ATTITUDES TO PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS AND TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY FOR 30 CONDITIONS AMONG WOMEN IN SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UK
Authors: Ayman Alsulaiman1, Jenny Hewison2, Khaled K. Abu-Amero3*, Shenaz Ahmed2, Josephine M. Green4 and Janet Hirst
ABSTRACT
Objective The aim of this research was to compare attitudes between women from different cultural and/or religious
backgrounds toward prenatal diagnosis (PND) and termination of pregnancy […]
IRANIAN NATIONAL THALASSAEMIA SCREENING PROGRAMME
PREMARITAL SCREENING FOR B-THALASSAEMIA IN SOUTHERN IRAN: OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE PROGRAMME
Authors: Mehran Karimi, Nima Jamalian, HoomanYarmohammadi, Abdolrasoul Askarnejad, Abdolreza Afrasiabi and Alireza Hashemi
Background b-thalassaemia is a preventable disease. Iran has about 20,000 homozygote
b-thalassaemia patients and 3,750,000 carriers.
Objective To assess the 10-year results of the screening programme, which has been operating in
Southern Iran […]
ATTITUDE TOWARD PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS FOR B-THALASSEMIA MAJOR AND MEDICAL ABORTION IN SOUTHERN IRAN
Authors: Mehran Karimi, Sheyda Johari, and Nader Cohan 1Hematology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2Fasa School of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran The aim of this study was to evaluate the degree of acceptability of prenatal diagnosis […]
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