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Familial Dysautonomia

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
Autosomal recessive. FD has been localised to a gene (IKBKAP) on the long arm of chromosome 9 (9q31).

Prenatal diagnosis
Prenatal diagnosis is available for any couple who are aware that both of them are carriers.

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Medical text written January 2002 by Contact a Family. Approved January 2002 by Professor F Axelrod. Last updated September 2006 by Professor F Axelrod, Professor of Dysautonomia Treatment and Research and Professor of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA.

 

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