Increasing confidence and changing behaviors in primary care providers engaged in genetic counselling. [PDF]
BackgroundScreening and counseling for genetic conditions is an increasingly important part of primary care practice, particularly given the paucity of genetic counselors in the United States.
A Cull +42 more
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Neurodevelopmental disorders including autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and global developmental delay are among the most common indications for referral to clinical genetics evaluation; and clinical genetic testing is indicated for ...
Amelle Shillington +12 more
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Towards precision medicine for hypertension: a review of genomic, epigenomic, and microbiomic effects on blood pressure in experimental rat models and humans [PDF]
Compelling evidence for the inherited nature of essential hypertension has led to extensive research in rats and humans. Rats have served as the primary model for research on the genetics of hypertension resulting in identification of genomic regions ...
Allbutt TC +34 more
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Penalized EM algorithm and copula skeptic graphical models for inferring networks for mixed variables [PDF]
In this article, we consider the problem of reconstructing networks for continuous, binary, count and discrete ordinal variables by estimating sparse precision matrix in Gaussian copula graphical models.
Abegaz, Fentaw, Wit, Ernst
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Federated generalized linear mixed models for collaborative genome-wide association studies
Summary: Federated association testing is a powerful approach to conduct large-scale association studies where sites share intermediate statistics through a central server. There are, however, several standing challenges.
Wentao Li +3 more
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Bringing genetics into primary care: findings from a national evaluation of pilots in England [PDF]
Objectives: Developments in genetic knowledge and clinical applications are seen as rendering traditional modes of organizing genetics provision increasingly inappropriate.
Checkland K +8 more
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Summary: Premature atrial contractions (PACs) are frequently observed on electrocardiograms and are associated with increased risks of atrial fibrillation (AF), stroke, and mortality.
Sébastien Thériault +19 more
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Clinical genetics: Medical genetics [PDF]
In these last years, there has been a proliferation of new textbooks and of new editions of classical textbooks on medical genetics targeted at medical students. However, these books are all over 400 pages with increasingly complex explanations of new discoveries and concepts.
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Rare manifestation of a c.290 C\u3eT, p.Gly97Glu VCP mutation [PDF]
Introduction. The valosin-containing protein (VCP) regulates several distinct cellular processes. Consistent with this, VCP mutations manifest variable clinical phenotypes among and within families and are a diagnostic challenge. Methods.
Chou, Tsui-Fen +9 more
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A prospective cohort study assessing clinical referral management & workforce allocation within a UK regional medical genetics service [PDF]
Ensuring patient access to genomic information in the face of increasing demand requires clinicians to develop innovative ways of working. This paper presents the first empirical prospective observational cohort study of UK multi-disciplinary genetic ...
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