Pregnant Women’s Attitudes Toward Amniocentesis Before Receiving Down Syndrome Screening Results

Brajenović-Milić, Bojana; Babić, Ivana; Ristić, Smiljana; Vraneković, Jadranka; Brumini, Gordana; Kapović, Miljenko

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2007.10.003

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Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 79-84, March 2008

Pregnant Women’s Attitudes Toward Amniocentesis Before Receiving Down Syndrome Screening Results

Bojana Brajenović-Milić
- Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Bojana Brajenović-Milić, PhD, is a full Professor in the Department of Biology and Medical Genetics at the University of Rijeka School of Medicine. She is working in the field of prenatal diagnostics. She is the Coordinator of the scientific project named “Screening for Down syndrome” supported by a grant (No. 062-0000000-1349) from the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Zagreb, Croatia.
- Correspondence to: Professor Bojana Brajenović-Milić, Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Braće Branchetta 22 51000 Rijeka, Croatia. Phone: 385-51-651 128; fax: 385-51-678 896.
Ivana Babić
- Department of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Ivana Babić, MD, is a research fellow in the Department of Biology and Medical Genetics at the University of Rijeka School of Medicine. She is Biomedicine Doctoral Candidate and currently serves in the project “Screening for Down syndrome.”
Smiljana Ristić
- Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Smiljana Ristić, PhD, is an associate Professor in the Department of Biology and Medical Genetics at the University of Rijeka School of Medicine. She is working in the field of medical genetics and participates in the project “Screening for Down syndrome.”
Jadranka Vraneković
- Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Jadranka Vraneković, MS, is a senior assistant in the Department of Biology and Medical Genetics at the University of Rijeka School of Medicine. She is Biomedicine Doctoral Candidate and participates in the project “Screening for Down syndrome.”
Gordana Brumini
- Department of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Gordana Brumini, PhD, is a senior assistant in the Department of Medical Informatics at the University of Rijeka School of Medicine. She is working in the field of biostatistics.
Miljenko Kapović
- Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Miljenko Kapović, PhD, is a full Professor and the head of the Department of Biology and Medical Genetics at the University of Rijeka School of Medicine. He is working in the field of medical genetics.