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Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Screening - References

Citations

  1. Genetic Testing for Cystic Fibrosis. NIH Consensus Statement, vol. 15, no. 4 (1997 April 14–16).

  2. ACOG Committee on Genetics (2005). Update on carrier screening for cystic fibrosis. ACOG Committee Opinion, 106(6): 1465–1468.

  3. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and American College of Medical Genetics (2001). Preconception and Prenatal Carrier Screening for Cystic Fibrosis: Clinical and Laboratory Guidelines. Washington, DC: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

  4. Stephens K, et al. (2001). Molecular genetic testing: Cystic fibrosis DNA detection. In DS Jacobs et al., eds., Jacobs and DeMott Laboratory Test Handbook, pp. 701–718. Hudson, OH: Lexi-Comp.

Other Works Consulted

  • Boat TF (2004). Cystic fibrosis. In RE Behrman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th ed., pp. 1437–1450. Philadelphia: Saunders.

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Last Updated: June 26, 2007
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