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Health Encyclopedia: Sickle Cell Disease Diagnosis
Diagnosis
Prenatal diagnosis of sickle cell disease is now possible for women who may be at risk for having a child with the disease. A positive result for sickle cell disease, however, poses extremely difficult questions even for parents who are not opposed to abortion:
- Some cases of sickle cell disease can be mild, but the parents and doctors have no way of knowing this from test results.
- The benefits of current treatments and pain management must be weighed against the likelihood of suffering an...
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