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Have nf child, spontanous case, not my or hubby have it, if i do a maternit21 test insted of cvs or amnio...can we stll know if second child has nf too?
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Neurofibromatosis: Yes. Prenatal testing with amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling can detect Neurofibromatosis Type 1. NF-1 occurs as a gene mutation on chromosome 17. Half the cases are inherited as autosomal dominant and half of the cases can be spontaneous.
Answered 5/9/2014
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