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Original Article

Swedish parents’ interest in preconception genetic carrier screening

Maria Ekstrand RagnarDepartment of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Sweden; ;Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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Tanja TydénDepartment of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden;
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Ulrik KihlbomCentre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Margareta LarssonDepartment of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Sweden;
Pages 289-294 | Received 25 Apr 2016, Accepted 26 Jul 2016, Published online: 20 Sep 2016

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