Tay-Sachs Disease Risk Factors
What are the risk factors that lead to this condition? Are you at risk of getting Tay-Sachs Disease? Below you'll find information on each of the known risk factors for this condition.
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Tay-Sachs Disease Risks
Factors that increase your chance for TSD include:
- Having parents who are carriers of the TSD gene
- Race: Eastern European (Ashkenazi) Jewish descent
- TSD is also frequently found in French Canadian and Cajun populations
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