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2015
Many neurological and psychiatric conditions either are genetic or have genetic factors that contribute to the condition. As a result, a diagnosis can have implications not only for the affected individual but also for family members whose risk may consequently be increased.
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Many neurological and psychiatric conditions either are genetic or have genetic factors that contribute to the condition. As a result, a diagnosis can have implications not only for the affected individual but also for family members whose risk may consequently be increased.
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Genetic Counseling in Oncology
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 2011To the Editor: Dr Tung’s review of the difficult decisions faced by women with a BRCA mutation mentioned the importance of genetic counseling in the process of clinical decision making. Decisions about definitive breast surgery, prophylactic oophorectomy, and fertility options such as preimplantation diagnosis increasingly are being informed by the ...
Adam H. Buchanan, Jill Stopfer
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Genetic counseling in translocations
Urologic Clinics of North America, 2002Advances in the treatment of male infertility-specifically intracytoplasmic sperm injection have now resulted in greater recognition of the clinical significance of genetic translocations. This article focuses on the different types of translocations (Robertsonian, reciprocal) as well as on the prevalence and incidence of translocations in infertile ...
Farideh Z. Bischoff, Joe Leigh Simpson
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2017
Genetic counseling is the process of providing patients or their family members with information on the genetic contribution of a disease in order to facilitate autonomous decision making and adapting to a genetic risk or condition. Counselees should be helped to adequately interpret and act upon the genetic information according to their personal ...
I.M.B.H. van de Laar +1 more
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Genetic counseling is the process of providing patients or their family members with information on the genetic contribution of a disease in order to facilitate autonomous decision making and adapting to a genetic risk or condition. Counselees should be helped to adequately interpret and act upon the genetic information according to their personal ...
I.M.B.H. van de Laar +1 more
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Genetic Counseling in Hemoglobinopathies
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1972To the Editor.— "An Automated Mass Screening Program for Sickle Cell Disease" (218:1680, 1971) was of great interest to us because of our efforts in surveying a black population with a major impetus on genetic counseling. The authors are to be congratulated on their efforts toward increasing public awareness of the sickle cell problem, and we are in ...
Charles E. Jackson +2 more
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Principles of Genetic Counseling
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2010AbstractPurpose To present the genetic counselling needs of families with inherited eye disease and examine the ethical and emotional issues around genetic testingMethods The presentation will focus on the psychosocial impact of inherited eye disease and the dilemmas in counselling and testing using case discussions and data from qualitative studies ...
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Genetic counselling and the new genetics
Trends in Genetics, 1988Abstract The mapping of most important human disease genes has already been accomplished, promising epochal changes in health care and disease prevention. This article explores the potential benefits and dangers, emphasizing the high priority that must be given to non-directive genetic counselling.
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Models of Genetic Counseling and Their Effects on Multicultural Genetic Counseling
Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2002AbstractThis theoretical paper examines challenges to multicultural genetic counseling, counseling between culturally different clients and counselors, in the context of Kessler's typology of models of genetic counseling (Kessler S (1997) J Genet Counsel 6:287–295).
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Genetics and Genetic Counselling
1971In man the genetic code is carried in the nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid (D.N.A.). This D.N.A. is present as long helical double filaments in the chromosomes. The sequence of nucleic acids in these D.N.A. strands determines the nature of the cell proteins and hence the structure and function of the cell.
Jack M. Slater +2 more
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