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Molecular screening for diseases frequent in Ashkenazi Jews: lessons learned from more than 100,000 tests performed in a commercial laboratory.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Strom Charles M, Crossley Beryl, Redman Joy B, Quan Franklin, Buller Arlene, McGinniss Matthew J, Sun Weimin
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PURPOSE: To determine the frequency of carriers of Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) genetic diseases in the US population and compare these numbers with previously published frequencies reported in smaller more isolated cohorts. METHODS: A database containing more than 100,000 genotyping assays was queried. Assays for 10 separate AJ genetic diseases where comparisons were made with published data. RESULTS: As expected, we...
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