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The new (liberal) eugenics [PDF]
, 2013 Despite the Nazi horrors, in 1953 the new eugenics was founded, when Watson and Crick postulated the double helix of DNA as the basis of chemical heredity.
Jeremy Gibbons, Nicolas Wu, Ralf Hinze
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Libri Oncologici, 2020 Breast cancer (BC) represents 25% of all malignancies in Croatian women, and in 18.8% of cases, it is diagnosed before the age of 50. Croatia launched BRCA testing of people at increased family risk.
Snježana Ramić +4 more
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Infantile-onset Pompe disease (the first case diagnosed in Voronezh)
Нервно-мышечные болезни, 2015 Pompe disease (PD), or glycogen storage disease type II, is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal disease caused by glycogen storage in the myocardium, skeletal muscles, and liver.
V. P. Fedotov +5 more
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Improving comprehension of genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer clients with a visual tool. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 OBJECTIVE:Genetic counseling and testing can be offered to individuals who are at high risk of carrying a breast cancer (BRCA) gene mutation. However, the content of genetic counseling could be difficult to understand due to complex medical information ...
Muy-Kheng M Tea +8 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2019 Importance Potentially harmful mutations of the breast cancer susceptibility 1 and 2 genes (BRCA1/2) are associated with increased risk for breast, ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer.
D. Owens +15 more
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Genetic counseling in melanoma [PDF]
Dermatologic Therapy, 2012 Genetic counseling may be offered to families with melanoma and to individuals with multiple melanomas to better understand the genetic susceptibility of the disease, the influence of environmental factors, the inheritance of the risk, and behavior that decreases the risk of dying from melanoma, including specific dermatological follow-up such as total
Badenas Orquin, Celia +5 more
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Ethics in genetic counselling [PDF]
Journal of Community Genetics, 2018 Difficult ethical issues arise for patients and professionals in medical genetics, and often relate to the patient's family or their social context. Tackling these issues requires sensitivity to nuances of communication and a commitment to clarity and consistency. It also benefits from an awareness of different approaches to ethical theory. Many of the
Angus J. Clarke +1 more
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Genetic issues in the diagnosis of dystonias [PDF]
, 2013 Dystonias are heterogeneous hyperkinetic movement disorders characterized by involuntary muscle contractions which result in twisting and repetitive movements and abnormal postures.
Petrucci S., Valente E. M.
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Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba, 2018 La asesoría genética en cáncer permite reducir la morbimortalidad en pacientes con cáncer hereditario y sus familiares mediante un manejo multidisciplinario que establezca medidas preventivas, detección precoz y control de riesgos.
María del Carmen Castro Mujica +2 more
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Predictive Genetic Counseling for Neurodegenerative Diseases: Past, Present, and Future.
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 2020 Predictive genetic counseling for neurodegenerative diseases commenced with Huntington's disease (HD). Because the psychological issues and outcomes have been best studied in HD, the HD genetic counseling and testing protocol is still accepted as the ...
J. Goldman
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