[HTML][HTML] Three-month follow-up of Western and non-Western participants in a study on preconceptional ancestry-based carrier couple screening for cystic fibrosis and …

P Lakeman, AMC Plass, L Henneman, PD Bezemer… - Genetics in …, 2008 - Elsevier
Objective To study psychological outcomes, knowledge, recall and understanding of test-results,
satisfaction, and reproductive intentions among 97 Western and 46 non-Western …

Why are Dutch rheumatologists reluctant to use the COBRA treatment strategy in early rheumatoid arthritis?

LHD van Tuyl, AMC Plass, WF Lems… - Annals of the …, 2007 - ard.bmj.com
Background: The Combinatietherapie Bij Reumatoide Artritis (COBRA) trial has proved that
combination therapy with prednisolone, methotrexate and sulphasalazine is superior to …

[HTML][HTML] Raising awareness of carrier testing for hereditary haemoglobinopathies in high-risk ethnic groups in the Netherlands: a pilot study among the general public …

…, F Rijmen, MC Cornel, M de Kinderen, AMC Plass - BMC Public Health, 2009 - Springer
Background In the Netherlands no formal recommendations exist concerning preconceptional
or antenatal testing for carriership of hereditary haemoglobinopathies. Those at highest …

Feasibility of preconception screening for thalassaemia in Indonesia: exploring the opinion of Javanese mothers

…, SMH Faradz, EA Sistermans, AMC Plass - Ethnicity & …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Background. Thalassaemia has become a major public health issue in Indonesia. It has
been estimated that up to 10% of the population carries a gene associated with beta-…

Educational priorities and current involvement in genetic practice: a survey of midwives in the Netherlands, UK and Sweden

…, LP ten Kate, AMC Plass, I Nippert, C Julian-Reynier… - Midwifery, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: to investigate whether practising midwives are adequately prepared to
integrate genetic information into their practice. DESIGN: a cross-sectional, postal, structured …

A case study of haemoglobinopathy screening in the Netherlands: witnessing the past, lessons for the future

…, ALM Lagro-Janssen, AMC Plass… - Ethnicity & …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives. In 2007 neonatal screening (NNS) was expanded to include screening for sickle
cell disease (SCD) and beta-thalassaemia. Up until that year no formal recommendations …

Genetics education for non-genetic health care professionals in the Netherlands (2002)

AMC Plass, MJH Baars, FA Beemer… - Public Health …, 2006 - karger.com
Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether medical care providers in
the Netherlands are adequately educated in genetics by collecting information about the …

Decreasing the number of consultations for minor illnesses of Turkish and Dutch inhabitants of a deprived area in The Netherlands: an intervention study

AMC Plass, DRM Timmermans, G van der Wal - Family practice, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Objective. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of GPs personally
handing out to their patients booklets about minor ailments and self-limiting health problems (…

Neonatal screening for treatable and untreatable disorders: prospective parents' opinions

AMC Plass, CG van El, T Pieters, MC Cornel - Pediatrics, 2010 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: In the Netherlands, in 2007, the national newborn screening program was
expanded from 3 to 17 disorders that met the World Health Organization's Wilson and Jungner …

Testing the children: do non-genetic health-care providers differ in their decision to advise genetic presymptomatic testing on minors? A cross-sectional study in five …

AMC Plass, MJH Baars, MC Cornel… - Genetic testing and …, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Background: Within Europe many guidelines exist regarding the genetic testing of minors.
Predictive and presymptomatic genetic testing of minors is recommended for disorders for …