Genetic care in geographically isolated small island communities: 8 years of experience in the Dutch Caribbean
Abstract Worldwide, there are large inequalities in genetic service delivery. In 2011, we established a bi‐annual joint pediatric‐genetics clinic with a visiting clinical geneticist in the Dutch Caribbean. This retrospective study evaluates the yield of diagnostic testing and the clinical utility of a diagnosis for patients with rare diseases on these relatively isolated, resource‐limited islands. A total of 331 patients that were referred to the clinical geneticist between November 2011 and November 2019 and had genetic testing were included in this study. A total of 508 genetic tests were pe... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A ; volume 188, issue 6, page 1777-1791 ; ISSN 1552-4825 1552-4833 |
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Wiley
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Schlagwörter: | Genetics (clinical) / Genetics |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26690258 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.62708 |