Little testing done for girls at risk of hemophilia carrier...

Little testing done for girls at risk of hemophilia carrier...

A single-center U.S. study found relatively little genetic testing was done for girls with a 50% risk of being a hemophilia carrier — people with the altered gene who don’t have hemophilia themselves but can pass it to their children — over a four-year period in Washington state. Specifically, the testing — followed by genetic counseling — was conducted for about one-quarter of young girls offered such services at Seattle Children’s Hospital, ac…