Carrier testing for Ashkenazi Jewish disorders in the prenatal setting: Navigating the genetic maze

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 197-204

  Ferreira, Jose Carlos P ^a,b   Schreiber Agus, Nicole ^a   Carter, Suzanne M ^c   Klugman, Susan ^a   Gregg, Anthony R ^d   Gross, Susan J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kobiety i Noworodka Wum Sp Z Oo   (Poland)

^c Law Offices of Suzanne M Carter   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ashkenazi Jewish; genetic screening; genomic medicine; preconception care; prenatal testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASHKENAZI JEW; BLOOM SYNDROME; CANAVAN DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DYSAUTONOMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FANCONI ANEMIA; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 1; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAY SACHS DISEASE; USHER SYNDROME; WALKER WARBURG SYNDROME;

ASHKENAZI JEWISH; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMIC MEDICINE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PRENATAL TESTING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC TESTING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; JEWS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84906944829     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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