Number 771 (Replaces Committee Opinion Number 648, December 2015. Reaffirmed 2023) ; Committee on Genetics ; Committee on Obstetric Practice ; This Committee Opinion was developed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Committee on Genetics in collaboration with committee member Britton Rink, MD, MS; and the Committee on Obstetric Practice in collaboration with committee member Russell S. Miller, MD.
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