ACOG Committee Opinion #318: Screening for Tay-Sachs Disease
- 1 October 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Vol. 106 (4) , 893-894
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006250-200510000-00054
Abstract
Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is a severe progressive neurologic disease that causes death in early childhood. Carrier screening, should be offered before pregnancy to individuals and couples at high-risk, including those of Ashkenazi Jewish, French-Canadian, or Cajun descent and those with a family history consistent with TSD. If both partners are determined to be carriers of TSD, genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis should be offered.Keywords
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