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Friedreich's Ataxia

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
Autosomal recessive

Prenatal diagnosis
It is now possible to offer, by means of blood tests, carrier detection, prenatal and pre-symptomatic diagnosis in families with an affected child. These tests are only available to those families with an affected member. In such families genetic advice should be sought where a pregnancy is under consideration. Chorionic villus sampling is available at ten to twelve weeks.

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK and Dr J E Wraith, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last updated November 2005 by Dr P Giunti, Senior Clinical Fellow, University Department of Clinical Neurology, University College, London, UK.

 

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