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Cancer genetics education in a low- to middle-income country: evaluation of an interactive workshop for clinicians in Kenya.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundClinical genetic testing is becoming an integral part of medical care for inherited disorders. While genetic testing and counseling are readily available in high-income countries, in low- and middle-income countries like Kenya genetic testing ...
Jessica A Hill, Su Yeon Lee, Lucy Njambi, Timothy W Corson, Helen Dimaras   +4 more
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COUNSELING IN MEDICAL GENETICS

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1955
Mode of access: Internet.
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Clinical Importance of Pericentric Inversion of Chromosome 9: A Case Report of Miscarriage and Neonatal Death

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2011
• Background: In this article, we report a non consanguineous normal couple that had a history of one abortion and a death of 3 years old daughter. • Case report: After genetic counseling and drawing the familial pedigree, we found that man's mother had ...
Nayereh Nouri, narges nouri, Maryam Sedghi   +2 more
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Knowledge and Attitude of Deaf and Mute Females Students Regarding Premarital Screening and Genetic Counseling [PDF]

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice
Background: Premarital screening and genetic counseling are one of the most important strategies for preventing genetic disorders and congenital anomalies Aim: the current study aimed to assess knowledge and attitude of deaf and mute females students ...
Hala Gaber, Shaimaa Mohamady, fatma aboulkair   +2 more
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Psychological Well-Being (PWB) dan Pengambilan Keputusan untuk Mengikuti Konseling Genetika pada Orangtua Anak dengan Talasemia Mayor

Psikologika: Jurnal Pemikiran dan Penelitian Psikologi, 2012
Parents' understanding about psychological well-being could affect their efforts in facing and accepting the children with thalassemia major. Genetic counseling and genetic screening are some attempts made to provide an understanding about this illness ...
Costrie G. Widayanti, Kartika Sari Dewi
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GENETIC COUNSELLING [PDF]

Medical Journal of Australia, 1969
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Comprehensive copy number analysis of spinal muscular atrophy among the Iranian population

Scientific Reports
Copy number variations in the SMN1 gene on chromosome 5 are the primary cause of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) disease, characterized by muscle weakness and degeneration due to impaired alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord.
Ali Khanbazi, Maryam Beheshtian, Maryam Azad, Masoumeh Akbari Kelishomi, Fariba Afroozan, Fatemeh Fatehi, Khadijeh Noudehi, Shima Zamanian Najafabadi, Mohammadamin Omrani, Haleh Habibi, Maryam Taghdiri, Isa Abdi Rad, Shahriar Nafissi, Aria Jankhah, Hilda Yazdan, Parvaneh Daneshmand, Seyed Hosseinali Saberi, Kimia Kahrizi, Ariana Kariminejad, Hossein Najmabadi   +19 more
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Brief Report of Variants Detected in Hereditary Hearing Loss Cases in Iran over a 3-Year Period

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2019
Background: Diagnosis of hereditary hearing loss (HHL) as a heterogeneous disorder is very important espe-cially in countries with high rates of consanguinity where the autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance is preva-lent.
Niloofar BAZAZZADEGAN, Raheleh VAZEHAN, Mahsa FADAEE, Zohreh FATTAHI, Ayda ABOLHASSANI, Elham PARSIMEHR, Zahra KALHOR, Mehrshid FARAJI ZONOOZ, Fatemeh AHANGARI, Shima DEHDAHSI, Farshide SAMIEE, Payman JAMALI, Haleh HABIBI, Younes NOURIZADEH, Shokouh MAHDAVI, Maryam BEHESHTIAN, Ariana KARIMINEJAD, Richard JH SMITH, Hossein NAJMABADI   +18 more
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Odds in genetic counselling [PDF]

Journal of Medical Genetics, 1982
The text that follows is a statement of opinion on the use and meaning of recurrence rates in genetic counselling. It will have served its purpose well if it becomes the starting point of fruitful discussion among counsellors, and if its major points are formally tested.
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Cancer genetic counseling in Chile: Addressing barriers, confronting challenges, and seizing opportunities in an underserved Latin American Community

Genetics in Medicine Open
Purpose: Despite the rapid advancements in genomics and the enactment of a new cancer law in Chile, the implementation of cancer genetic counseling continues to face significant challenges because of limited resources and infrastructure.
Ricardo Fernández-Ramires, Sebastián Morales-Pison, Guilherme Gischkow Rucatti, César Echeverría, Esteban San Martín, Francisco Cammarata-Scalisi, Alexis Salas-Burgos, Daniela Adorno-Farias, Wilfredo Alejandro González-Arriagada, Yolanda Espinosa-Parrilla, Daniela Zapata-Contreras, Gabriela Norese, Conxi Lázaro, Sara González, Miguel Angel Pujana, Yasser Sullcahuaman, Sonia Margarit   +16 more
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