Screening for carriers of Tay-Sachs dise
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Broide, Etty ;Zeigler, Marcia ;Eckstein, Joseph ;Bach, Gideon
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Article
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1993
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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A screening program for the detection of Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) carriers in the ultra Orthodox community of Ashkenazi J e w s has operated in Israel since 1986. The purpose of this program is the prevention of marriages of 2 heterozygotes. The screened individuals are mostly couples in the engageme