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Committee Opinion No. 691 Summary: Carrier Screening for Genetic Conditions.
Obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Mar 2017
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Carrier screening is a term used to describe genetic testing that is performed on an individual who does not have any overt phenotype for a genetic disorder but may have one variant allele within a gene(s) associated with a diagnosis. Information about carrier screening should be provided to every pregnant woman. Carrier screening and counseling ideally should be performed before pregnancy because this enables...
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