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What is the difference between genetic testing and hospital checkups?

Ordinary physical examination is mainly for the human body has appeared in the clinical lesions of the examination and diagnosis, so as to establish the disease treatment program. It belongs to the category of clinical medicine. Genetic testing is to find out the hidden diseases when you are healthy and tell you the risk of diseases that may occur in the future, the purpose is to know early, early prevention, so that the diseases that are going to occur do not occur, occur less or occur later. It belongs to the category of preventive medicine. It is important to note: genetic testing is not

equivalent to disease diagnosis. Zhongyuan Xiehe genetic testing.