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Title: Molecular Genetics Testing Laboratory
URL: http://www.med.nyu.edu/genetics/ashkenazi.html
Description: The Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Disease Screen tests for seven common inherited diseases in the Ashkenazi Jewish population: Tay-Sachs disease, Canavan disease, cystic fibrosis, Gaucher disease, Bloom syndrome , Familial dysautonomia and Fanconi anemia. Among Ashkenazi Jews, the carrier frequencies and disease incidences for Cystic Fibrosis is 1:3600. The Molecular Genetics Laboratory performs multiplex assays to screen for all seven diseases in individuals at risk.

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Added: Mon Sep 01 2003
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