Practical Genetic Counselling

Practical Genetic Counselling (seventh Edition)

The authors’ motivation for writing a scientific text book is often around the academic rigour of setting out the science of their specialist area for the benefit of novices entering their scientific specialty. The motivation of the publisher is more complex since selling copies is a pre-requisite to a successful book. Therefore the preface of such books often envisages a wide readership of int...

Genetic Counselling in Schizophrenia

Sir, On the basis of the data that they had collected, Parmeshwaran et al.(1999) concluded that a significant relationship exists between phases of the lunar synodic cycle and the development of psychiatric morbidity. From a methodological perspective, I have a reservation about their validity of their conclusions : Parmeshwaran et al.(1999) studied patients at the time of admission and not at ...

Odds in genetic counselling.

Recommendations for genetic counselling related to genetic

The main goal of the EuroGentest Network of Excellence (www.eurogentest.org) is to improve the quality of genetic testing. As patients' understanding of the results and consequences of the test is an integral part of genetic testing, EuroGentest also aims at improving the quality of genetic counselling services associated with genetic testing, across Europe. One of the goals is to establish rec...

Hereditary Hearing Loss: Genetic Counselling

The aim of this review is to provide an updated overview of hereditary hearing loss, with special attention to the etiological diagnosis of sensorineural hearing loss, the genes most frequently mutated in our environment, the techniques available for their analysis and the clinical implications of genetic diagnosis. More than 60% of childhood sensorineural hearing loss is genetic. In adults, th...