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ART, birth defects and subfertility-what should prospective patients be told?

Clinicians who counsel prospective ART patients about birth defect risk should provide information about the overall risk of having a child with a birth defect

Authors:
Hansen, M.; Milne, E.; de Klerk, N.; Kurinczuk, J. J.; Jacoby, P.; Bower, C.

Authors notes:
Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 2011;28(12):1229-30

Keywords:
birth defects, subfertility, Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART)

Abstract
Clinicians who counsel prospective ART patients about birth defect risk should provide information about the overall risk of having a child with a birth defect if a couple use ART and not the birth defect risk once the effect of subfertility has been removed.