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Tay Sachs disease

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
Autosomal recessive inheritance. 1 in 25 Ashkenazi Jews and 1 in 250 of the general population are carriers of this disease. Carrier detection is available through genetic clinics.

Prenatal diagnosis
Chorionic villus sampling at ten to twelve weeks

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK and Dr J E Wraith. Last updated December 2005 by Contact a Family. Approved December 2005 by Dr J E Wraith, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.

 

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