Finding Middle Ground in Constructing a Clinically Useful Expanded Carrier Screening Panel

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Expanded carrier screening for autosomal-recessive conditions effectively identifies more carrier couples than traditional guideline-based carrier screening. However, clinically available expanded carrier screening panels include numerous conditions, some of which have questionable clinical utility as a result of very low carrier frequency, low or unknown testing sensitivity, and mild or incompletely penetrant...

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