Expanded carrier screening for preconception reproductive risk assessment: Prevalence of carrier status in a Mexican population

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OBJECTIVE: Genetic carrier screening has the potential to identify couples at risk of having a child affected with an autosomal recessive or X-linked disorder. However, the current prevalence of carrier status for these conditions in developing countries is not well defined. This study assesses the prevalence of carrier status of selected genetic conditions utilizing an expanded, pan-ethnic genetic carrier...

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