Premarital genetic testing is used to determine whether a phenotypically healthy person is a carrier of a recessive genetic disease.
The purpose of this analysis package is to find out what genetic diseases the father and mother were carrying before marriage, so that they can make prenatal diagnoses during pregnancy for the unborn child and properly implement family planning.
Genetic diseases tested using this method of analysis must meet the following criteria:
✓ High carrying density
✓ Presence of a disease with well-known phenotypic and genotypic indicators
✓ The disease begins at an early age and is severely lethal
✓ Surgical or medical intervention for the disease
Which couples can be offered this genetic testing package?
- Couples who do not have any genetic disease in the family story, who want to know about their carrier and whether their babies are healthy, even if there is no risk.
- Couples with children with a genetic disease in the family story
- Couples planning to get married
- Couples belonging to an ethnic group at risk for certain genetic diseases
Autosomal and X-chromosome-related recessive hereditary diseases are tested with this test method.
332 genes are being tested inside the panel.
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