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Article: FACING PRENATAL TESTS; Screening for problems carries risks to weigh against benefits.(FAMILY TIMES)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 31, 2002
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Byline: Karen Goldberg Goff, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
From the time the pregnancy test turns positive, a pregnant woman receiving good prenatal care is bombarded with a menu of tests. AFP? CVS? Amniocentesis? Ultrasound? If which tests to take seems confusing, figuring out what the tests can and cannot tell you is an additional maze to navigate. "People need to understand what is available," says Vivian Weinblatt, a genetic counselor in Philadelphia and past president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors. "They need to understand what prenatal testing will tell them and then decide whether that is valuable information. We can't tell if a baby is ...
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