Causes & Risk Factors Of Fraser Syndrome

Autosomal Recessive Pattern

If the baby had only received one abnormal gene, they would have been carriers of Fraser syndrome but would not have the condition itself. Because of the autosomal recessive pattern, the risk of two parents with the mutated gene having a child with Fraser syndrome is about twenty-five percent per pregnancy. The chances for these parents, who are carriers, to have a child without Fraser syndrome is also twenty-five percent, while the risk of having a child who is a carrier is fifty percent per pregnancy. Carriers do not have symptoms of Fraser syndrome, and unless they are genetically tested, they will not know they have the mutated genes either.

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