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Early life > Prenatal Diagnosis
Pre-conception screening: Is it necessary to know everything before conceiving a child ?
Author / Source : IEB Published on : Thematic : Early life / Prenatal Diagnosis News Temps de lecture : 2 min.
Carrier screening is a test carried out before conception for couples who are at risk of passing on a genetic disease to their offspring. Ghent University Hospital recently asked the government to reimburse the cost of these genetic tests for all couples who wish to undergo them. In the event of such a reimbursement, the more systematic use of preconception tests would raise serious concerns. In future, if a risk of genetic disease were detected, would couples really be free not to turn to in ...