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Genetic screening: ethical issues - Nuffield Council on Bioethics

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Glossary<br />

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Page<br />

Scientific terms 104<br />

Diseases 107<br />

Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) 107<br />

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency 107<br />

Breast cancer 107<br />

C<strong>on</strong>genital disorders 107<br />

C<strong>on</strong>genital hypothyroidism 108<br />

Cystic fibrosis (CF) 108<br />

Down’s syndrome 108<br />

Duchenne muscular dystrophy 108<br />

Familial colorectal cancer 109<br />

Familial hypercholesterolaemia 109<br />

Fragile X syndrome 109<br />

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency 110<br />

Haemoglobin disorders : 110<br />

Sickle cell disease 110<br />

Thalassaemia 111<br />

Haemophilia 111<br />

Huntingt<strong>on</strong>’s disease 111<br />

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 112<br />

Neural tube defects : 112<br />

Anencephaly 112<br />

Spina bifida 112<br />

Phenylket<strong>on</strong>uria (PKU) 112<br />

Polycystic kidney disease 113<br />

Rhesus haemolytic disease 113<br />

Rubella 113<br />

Tay-Sachs disease 114<br />

Turner’s syndrome 114<br />

Procedures for antenatal testing 115<br />

Amniocentesis 115<br />

Chori<strong>on</strong>ic villus sampling (CVS) 115<br />

Fetal blood and tissue sampling 115<br />

Ultrasound 115

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