Tay+Sachs

Characteristics of the Disorder:
Infantile TSD, Juvenille TSD, Adult or Late Onset TSD. Usually Jews are affected neurological deterioration, blind, deaf, unable to swallow, babies, children, life threatening, cognitive, motor, speech difficulty, and unsteadiness.

Carrier testing is when a person is unaffected. but carries a disease. Prenatal testing checks to see if the fetus received the disease.


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Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay%E2%80%93Sachs_disease

Anabel Waplinger and Katelyn Eitner