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Results 1 - 10 of 10 for "s:" Birth Defects
  1. What is noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and what disorders can it screen for?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... must be enough fetal cfDNA in the mother’s bloodstream to be able to identify fetal chromosome abnormalities. The proportion of cfDNA in maternal blood that ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/testing/nipt - Genetics
  2. What are the uses of genetic testing?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... some cases, prenatal testing can lessen a couple's uncertainty or help them make decisions about a pregnancy. It cannot identify all possible inherited disorders and birth defects, however. Preimplantation testing Preimplantation testing, also called preimplantation ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/testing/uses - Genetics
  3. How are genetic screening tests different from genetic diagnostic tests?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... A negative screening test means that a person’s risk is lower than average. ... abnormality when the person is actually unaffected (false positive), ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/testing/differenttests - Genetics
  4. Why might someone have a genetic consultation?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... A child with a known inherited disorder, a birth defect, intellectual disability, or ... ethnic background . People related by blood (for example, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/consult/reasons - Genetics
  5. Are chromosomal disorders inherited?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... or missing chromosome in each of the body’s cells. Changes in chromosome ... abnormality may want to talk with a genetics professional . ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../inheritance/chromosomalinheritance - Genetics
  6. Are fingerprints determined by genetics?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... s dermatoglyphs to be different from everyone else’s. Even identical ... with other abnormalities of the skin. Adermatoglyphia is caused by mutations ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/traits/fingerprints - Genetics
  7. What is genetic testing?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... or more genes, or all of a person’s DNA (which is known as their genome). ... proteins or enzymes; abnormalities in either can indicate changes to the DNA ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/testing/genetictesting - Genetics
  8. What are genomic imprinting and uniparental disomy?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... increased risk of cancerous tumors), are associated with abnormalities of imprinted genes on the short arm of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/inheritance/updimprinting - Genetics
  9. What are the different types of genetic tests?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... proteins or enzymes that are produced from genes. Abnormalities in these substances can indicate that there are ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/testing/types - Genetics
  10. How are genetic conditions treated or managed?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... by disorder and are specific to an individual's health needs. For example, a genetic disorder associated ... therapy . This experimental technique involves changing a person's genes to prevent or treat a disease. Gene ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/consult/treatment - Genetics