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Hannah Verdin #GRD23: Over the last few years, just started carrier screening in Belgium via BeGECS (Belgian Genetic Expanded Carrier Screening). 400 couples have been studied to date.
Recruited pre-conception, but couples have to pay 1.5keuros.
Recruited pre-conception, but couples have to pay 1.5keuros.
Hannah Verdin #GRD23: Couple report is generated to inform of an increased couple risk. Also generate individual reports to provide information about specific high impact variants.
Hannah Verdin #GRD23: ~6.6% of couples had an increased couple risk for an autosomal recessive disorder. 1.3% had increased couple risk for X-linked disorders.
Hannah Verdin #GRD23 walks through some of the motivations to sign up for or decline BeGECS (pro: prevent child with serious disorder; con: anxiety with the information). Notes that >2/3 of couples would be tested if it were free.
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