"Genetic Counseling" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An educational process that provides information and advice to individuals or families about a genetic condition that may affect them. The purpose is to help individuals make informed decisions about marriage, reproduction, and other health management issues based on information about the genetic disease, the available diagnostic tests, and management programs. Psychosocial support is usually offered.
| Descriptor ID |
D005817
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H01.158.273.343.385.500.384 N02.421.308.400
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Genetic Counseling" by people in Profiles.
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Genetic causes of rare and common epilepsies: What should the epileptologist know? Eur J Med Genet. 2022 Sep; 65(9):104570.
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How I approach hereditary cancer predisposition in a child with cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 11; 66(11):e27916.
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Childhood cancer predisposition syndromes-A concise review and recommendations by the Cancer Predisposition Working Group of the Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology. Am J Med Genet A. 2017 Apr; 173(4):1017-1037.
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Recent Advances in Imprinting Disorders. Clin Genet. 2017 01; 91(1):3-13.
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Prenatal molecular testing for Beckwith-Wiedemann and Silver-Russell syndromes: a challenge for molecular analysis and genetic counseling. Eur J Hum Genet. 2016 06; 24(6):784-93.
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CDKN1C mutations: two sides of the same coin. Trends Mol Med. 2014 Nov; 20(11):614-22.
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Genetic and epigenetic findings in Silver-Russell syndrome. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2010 Dec; 8(2):86-93.
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Prenatally detected trisomy 4 and 6 mosaicism--cytogenetic results and clinical phenotype. Prenat Diagn. 2003 Feb; 23(2):128-33.
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Analysis of a familial three way translocation involving chromosomes 3q, 6q, and 15q by high resolution banding and fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) shows two different unbalanced karyotypes in sibs. J Med Genet. 1998 Jul; 35(7):545-53.
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