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False Positives the Norm for Some Prenatal Screening Tests

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Rare Genetic Disorders

Bonny writes, as someone that had a false positive in my first pregnancy, i would say the most important thing is communication by the health care professionals that these tests are not diagnostic. I also want to read this comment from dahlia, who writes, thanks for discussing this in the excellent article. Our first child has a rare genetic condition, and we're so for this option. We don't use the big companies for testing, but a small lab that could test for our specific variants and on multiple samples at an out of pocket cost of three thousand to five thousand dollars. For our auto soma, recessive single gean disorder, although we always confirm with amnio,

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