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ACOG Committee Opinion No. 442: Preconception and prenatal carrier screening for genetic diseases in individuals of Eastern European Jewish descent.
[canavan disease]
Certain
autosomal
recessive
disease
conditions
are
more
prevalent
in
individuals
of
Eastern
European
Jewish
(
Ashkenazi
)
descent
.
Previously
,
the
American
College
of
Obstetricians
and
Gynecologists
recommended
that
individuals
of
Eastern
European
Jewish
ancestry
be
offered
carrier
screening
for
Tay-
Sachs
disease
,
Canavan
disease
,
and
cystic
fibrosis
as
part
of
routine
obstetric
care
.
Based
on
the
criteria
used
to
justify
offering
carrier
screening
for
Tay-
Sachs
disease
,
Canavan
disease
,
and
cystic
fibrosis
,
the
American
College
of
Obstetricians
and
Gynecologists
'
Committee
on
Genetics
recommends
that
couples
of
Ashkenazi
Jewish
ancestry
also
should
be
offered
carrier
screening
for
familial
dysautonomia
.
Individuals
of
Ashkenazi
Jewish
descent
may
inquire
about
the
availability
of
carrier
screening
for
other
disorders
.
Carrier
screening
is
available
for
mucolipidosis
IV
,
Niemann-
Pick
disease
type
A
,
Fanconi
anemia
group
C
,
Bloom
syndrome
,
and
Gaucher
disease
.
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Diseases presenting
"eastern european jewish ancestry"
symptom
canavan disease
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