Reproductive attitudes of couples having a child with cystic fibrosis in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (Quebec, Canada)

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• 作者：De Braekeleer ; Marc ; Bellis ; Gil ; Rault ; Gilles ; Allard ; Christian ; Milot ; Marcel ; Simard ; Fernand
• 关键词：cystic fibrosis ; reproductive attitudes ; contraception ; birth rank ; prenatal diagnosis
• 刊名：Annales de Genetique
• 出版年：2000
• 出版时间：June 1, 2000
• 年：2000
• 卷：43
• 期：2
• 页码：93-97
• 全文大小：54.6 K

文摘

Cystic fibrosis (CF) has a high incidence (1/936 live births) and carrier rate (1/15 inhabitants) in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. One objective of a major enquiry among several subsets of individuals from this high-risk population for CF was to evaluate the reproductive behaviour of couples with a CF child attending the comprehensive CF clinic in Chicoutimi. The knowledge of the recurrence risk resulted in deciding against further progeny or in reducing the number of children. More reliable contraception methods after the birth of the CF child, but not prenatal diagnosis, were used. Although a minority of parents with a CF child would abort a CF foetus, they apparently started viewing pregnancy interruption for CF after prenatal diagnosis as an acceptable reproductive option.