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Human Reproduction, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 360-362, 1994
© 1994 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

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Psychological implications and acceptability of preimplantation diagnosis

Maria L. Palomba1, Giovanni Monni2,4, Rosalba Lai2, Giuseppina Cau2, Giovanni Olla2 and Antonio Cao3

1Department of Psychology Via Jenner, 09134 Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology-Prenatal Diagnosis Via Jenner, 09134 Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy 3Istituto di Clinica e Biologia dell'Età Evolutiva–Universita di Cagliari, Ospedale Regionale per le Microcitemie Via Jenner, 09134 Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

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The aim of this study was to ascertain the degree of acceptability of preimplantation diagnosis with blastocentesis in 180 women at risk for {beta}-thalassaemia awaiting chorionic villus sampling (CVS). The women were asked to fill in a questionnaire some days before sampling. All women who had had previous therapeutic abortion found blastocentesis acceptable. Only 30% of women who had not had previous therapeutic abortion chose blastocentesis, whilst 25% of primigravid women opted for blastocentesis. From these preliminary data it seems that obstetric experience is an important factor in the reproductive choice of women at high genetic risk

Key words: acceptability/preimplantation diagnosis/reliability/reliability/uterine lavage


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