title: Circular on prenatal examinations of unborn children in the laboratories of public hospital establishments and in clinical laboratories, 12 April 1988.
abstract: This Circular is addressed to the French regional and departmental authorities responsible for health and social affairs.  It clarifies the present situation regarding the prenatal diagnosis of certain defects or serious or fatal deformations of the fetus.  It specifies the reasons for regulation of this field and defines the conditions in which a prenatal diagnosis may be carried out in the public and private sectors.  Various annexes are appended providing, among others, a standard form for the record of the prenatal diagnosis and the list of laboratories carrying out prenatal diagnoses of chromosome defects drawn up on 1 March 1988.
mesh_terms: D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D009358:Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D019049:Developed Countries; D004194:Disease; D005060:Europe; D005333:Fetus; D005602:France; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012098:Reproduction; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design
keywords: Chromosome Abnormalities--legal aspects; Congenital Abnormalities--legal aspects; Delivery Of Health Care; Developed Countries; Diseases; Europe; Fetus; France; Health; Health Services; Legislation; Maternal Health Services; Maternal-child Health Services; Measurement; Mediterranean Countries; Neonatal Diseases And Abnormalities; Pregnancy; Prenatal Care--legal aspects; Primary Health Care; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Testing--legal aspects; Western Europe