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- Chance a Chromosome Abnormality Will Occur Again: Numerical, Structural (Inherited and De Novo), Mosaicism
- Chromosome Abnormalities
- Chromosome Abnormality vs. Single Gene Defect
- Chromosome Studies: Karyotype, Extended Banding, Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH), and Chromosomal Microarray Analysis
- Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
- Genetic Services: When, Where, How
- Glossary - Medical Genetics
- How Chromosome Abnormalities Happen: Meiosis, Mitosis, Maternal Age, Environment
- Medical Genetics
- Medical History and Genetic Testing
- Mosaic Down Syndrome
- Mosaicism
- Multifactorial Inheritance
- Non-Traditional Inheritance
- Numerical Abnormalities: Overview of Trisomies and Monosomies
- Overview of Chromosome Abnormalities
- Overview of Single Gene Defects
- Single Gene Defects
- Structural Abnormalities: Deletions (Cri du Chat) and Duplications (Pallister Killian)
- Studies for Single Gene Defects: DNA (Direct and Indirect)
- Support Groups
- The Human Genome Project
- Trinucleotide Repeats: Fragile-X Syndrome
- Trisomy 18 and 13
- Turner Syndrome
- Types of Chromosome Abnormalities
- Uniparental Disomy: Prader-Willi Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome
- Uses of Genetic Testing
- Vitamin, Gene, and Enzyme Replacement Therapy
- When to Seek Genetic Counseling
- X-linked Agammaglobulinemia
- X-linked Dominant: Incontinentia Pigmenti
- X-linked Recessive: Red-Green Color Blindness, Hemophilia A
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Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease primarily affecting the respiratory and digestive systems. CF is most common in Caucasians, but is present in all ethnic groups. Genetic testing is available to identified individuals who have the disease or who are healthy carriers of the disease. Our multidisciplinary team is available to walk you through your individual risk, discuss the testing process, and provide information and appropriate care.
Newborn screening in New York identifies babies at birth who may be at risk for CF. When a baby has a "positive newborn screen for CF" families are notified that additional testing is necessary to confirm or rule out a diagnosis of CF. Our genetic counselors, in conjunction with the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Columbia University, provide additional testing, education, counseling and comprehensive care if necessary.
Many individuals, while not affected with CF, are "carriers"- healthy individuals who carry a gene change that may have implications for their offspring. For individuals who want to know their carrier status, screening is available and often part of routine prenatal care. Genetic counseling provides a forum to discuss cystic fibrosis, its inheritance, individual genetic risks, and testing options. You can expect sessions to last approximately one hour and will include a complete family history.
