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Background information for Canavan Disease (ASPA), 4 Variants: Characteristics: Canavan Disease is a neurodegenerative brain disorder that results in macrocephaly and lack of head control by 3 to 5 months of age. This progresses to a failure to achieve sitting, ambulation, or speech, and eventually leads to death typically in early childhood to teenage years. Incidence: 1 in 10,000 Ashkenazi Jewish individuals. Inheritance: Autosomal recessive. Cause: ASPA pathogenic variants. Variants Tested: c.433-2A>G, p.Y231X (c.693C>A), p.E285A (c.854A>C), and p.A305E (c.914C>A). Clinical Sensitivity: 99 percent in Ashkenazi Jewish individuals; 55 percent in other ethnicities. Methodology: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and fluorescence monitoring. Analytical Sensitivity and Specificity: Greater than 99 percent. Limitations: Variants other than those tested will not be detected. Diagnostic errors can occur due to rare sequence variations.
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