The Israeli national population program of genetic carrier screening for reproductive purposes. How should it be continued?
Abstract The Israeli population genetic screening program for reproductive purposes, is a population-specific screening that includes all known, severe diseases and relatively frequent in a specific population (carrier frequency at or above 1:60 and/or disease frequency at or above 1 in 15,000 live...
Main Author: | Joël Zlotogora |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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Series: | Israel Journal of Health Policy Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-019-0345-1 |
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