Study: Informed decision making and psychosocial outcomes in pregnant and nonpregnant women offered population fragile X carrier screening The results of this study, conducted by scientists at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne,... Read more
By Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne This study involved non-pregnant women, and women up to 13 weeks pregnant, recruited from obstetric and GP clinics. The finding was that population screening causes minimal psychosocial harms,... Read more
‘‘It’s Something I Need to Consider” Decisions About Carrier Screening for Fragile X Syndrome in a Population of Non-Pregnant Women – Archibald AD, Jaques AM, Wake S, Collins VR, Cohen J, Metcalfe SA. 2009 – Am J Med Genet Part A 149A:2731–2738 Download – PDF... Read more
