Some Genetic Disorders That Can Be Detected Before Birth
Some Genetic Disorders That Can Be Detected Before Birth
Disorder |
Incidence |
Inheritance Pattern |
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1 of 3,300 white births 1 of 15,300 black births 1 of 32,000 Asian-American births |
Autosomal recessive |
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia |
1 of 9,000 to 14,000 births |
Autosomal recessive |
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1 of 4,700 male births |
X-linked recessive |
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1 of 8,500 male births |
X-linked recessive |
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Varies widely by ethnic and racial group |
Autosomal recessive |
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1 of 4,000 male births 1 of 8,000 female births |
X-linked dominant |
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Polycystic kidney disease (adult type) |
1 of 1,000 births |
Autosomal dominant |
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1 of 400 black births in the United States |
Autosomal recessive |
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1 of 3,600 births to Ashkenazi Jews and French Canadians 1 of 400,000 births in other groups |
Autosomal recessive |