Alternative strategies of fetal sex diagnoses and sex preselection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5958321 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sally E Findley (0000-0003-1744-3302, Brown University, corresponding author), Robert G Potter (Brown University), Thomas W Findley, Thomas Findley (Brown University) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 120-139 |
| Publication date | 1984-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biodemography and Social Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1948-5565 • E-ISSN: 1948-5573 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19485565.1984.9988568 |
| PMID | 6443327 |
| OpenAlex | W2109074738 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Motives for sex control include avoidance of sex‐linked disease and realization of preferred sex compositions of children. Currently, the only wholly effective means of sex control is diagnosis of fetal sex by mid‐trimester karyotyping of amniotic fluid cells followed by corrective abortion when diagnosis is adverse. Unfortunately the delays involved in karyotyping mean that abortion cannot be minimum‐risk suction curretage. Radioimmunoassay procedures allow somewhat earlier diagnosis and therefore less risky abortion, but entail more diagnostic error. In the first part of the paper, several assay procedures are evaluated in terms of relative expense as compared to karyotyping, gestational age when reliability is highest, and level of that reliability. Later portions of the paper focus on use of radioimmunoassay to diagnose fetal sex for purposes of regulating the sex composition of offspring. Three strategies are compared with respect to their efficiency and expected levels of diagnosis and abortion
Abortion · Biology · Fetus · Gynecology · Medical diagnosis · Obstetrics · Offspring · Pathology · Pregnancy · Products of conception · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Medicine · Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |