Pregnant women’s opinions toward prenatal pretest genetic counseling in Japan

Incidental Findings: The Importance of Pretest Counseling

Researchers at the University of Bourgogne in Dijon, France surveyed French geneticists who were members of the "Association Français des Généticiens" on incidental findings (IF) found on array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) technology retrospectively over a seven-year period.

Problems and Their Solutions in Genetic Counseling Education in Japan

With the expansion of novel chromosome testing, a career as a certified genetic counselor has been gathering a lot of attention. However, few people certified as a genetic counselor after completing postgraduate courses are able to find employment as a genetic counselor, and their salaries are quite low. It is also questionable whether or not such newly graduated genetic counselors, who have li...

Prenatal diagnosis--principles of diagnostic procedures and genetic counseling.

The frequency of inherited malformations as well as genetic disorders in newborns account for around 3-5%. These frequency is much higher in early stages of pregnancy, because serious malformations and genetic disorders usually lead to spontaneous abortion. Prenatal diagnosis allowed identification of malformations and/or some genetic syndromes in fetuses during the first trimester of pregnancy...

prenatal diagnosis and genetic counseling for niemann-pick c disease

how to cite this article: javadzadeh m. prenatal diagnosis and genetic counseling for niemann-pick c disease. iran j child neurol. 2015 autumn;9:4(suppl.1): 22.   pls see pdf.

The Practice of Genetic Counseling for Predictive Genetic Testing in Japan