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Evaluation of a multi‐disease carrier screening programme in Ashkenazi Jewish high schools

7 Jun 2010

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A screening programme for Tay Sachs disease (TSD) carrier status was introduced in high schools in Victoria, Australia in 1997, and was expanded to screen for six other genetic conditions common in the Ashkenazi Jewish population in 2008. The aim of this study was to evaluate the current programme and compare it with an evaluation of the programme when screening was offered for TSD alone. All students from Jewish...

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PMID: 20597919
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01459.x

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