Impact of genetic counseling and Connexin-26 and Connexin-30 testing on deaf identity and comprehension of genetic test results in a sample of deaf adults: a prospective, longitudinal study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Using a prospective, longitudinal study design, this paper addresses the impact of genetic counseling and testing for deafness on deaf adults and the Deaf community.
Christina G S Palmer +3 more
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Patient Perception of Negative Noninvasive Prenatal Testing Results
American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2016 Objective To determine patient perception of residual risk after receiving a negative non-invasive prenatal testing result. Introduction Recent technological advances have yielded a new method of prenatal screening, non-invasive prenatal ...
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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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Preparing the genetic counseling workforce for the future in Australasia [PDF]
, 2020 Current genetic counseling students will graduate into a workforce involving more opportunities, diversity, and uncertainty than any previous generation.
Alison McEwen +3 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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, 2021 Many aspects of genetic counseling training programs have been examined over the years. However, no study has explored professional or unprofessional behaviors genetic counseling graduate students experience during their training, and how these behaviors
Pauline Aamodt +11 more
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Evidence‐based consensus guidelines for ALS genetic testing and counseling
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2023 Objective Advances in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) gene discovery, ongoing gene therapy trials, and patient demand have driven increased use of ALS genetic testing. Despite this progress, the offer of genetic testing to persons with ALS is not yet
Jennifer Roggenbuck +5 more
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Clinical Case Reports, 2018 Key Clinical Message Sjögren–Larsson syndrome (SLS) is a rare type of congenital ichthyosis with neurological problems and intellectual disability. Homozygous mutations in ALDH3A2 gene are known to be responsible for this syndrome.
Maryam Taghdiri +3 more
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Who we are, what we do, and how we add value: The role of the genetic counseling ‘philosophy of practice’ statement in a changing time [PDF]
, 2020 As genetics and genomics are integrated into health care and non-genetic health professionals deliver aspects of genetic counseling, it is increasingly important for genetic counselors to be able to define who we are, what we do, and how we add value to ...
Alison McEwen +3 more
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Practice-based competencies for accreditation of and training in graduate programs in genetic counseling [PDF]
, 1996 In January 1996, the American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) adopted 27 practice-based competencies as a standard for assessing the training of graduate students in genetic counseling.
Morris B. Fiddler +5 more
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