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Screening gamete donors for cystic fibrosis status
I Findlay1, K L Forbes, M H Parker
1Australian Genome Research Facility, University of Queensland, Brisbane. I.findlay@agrf.org.au
The Medical Journal of Australia
|November 4, 2000
Abstract:
Gamete donors are currently not tested for cystic fibrosis, even though carriers have a very high risk of producing children with the disease. We recommend that gamete donors be routinely tested for cystic fibrosis. Similar arguments exist for antenatal screening for cystic fibrosis.