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rs138058578(A;G)

From SNPedia
likely to lead to a false positive blood test for Tay Sachs
Is agenotype
ofrs138058578
GeneHEXA
Chromosome15
Position72,350,578
mentionedby
Magnitude2
ReputeBad
Geno Mag Summary
(A;A) 2 likely to lead to a false positive blood test for Tay Sachs
(A;G) 2 likely to lead to a false positive blood test for Tay Sachs
(G;G) 0 common/normal

This SNP is associated with a change in the protein encoded by the HEXA gene, which leads to a false positive blood test for Tay-Sachs Disease. In other words, the blood test from an individual with this genotype will indicate the person is a carrier for Tay Sachs disease, even though this SNP is not actually one that leads to the disease. Note however that the person may still carry (on their other chromosome 15) a "true" Tay Sachs causing allele.