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Charcot Marie Tooth Disease And Genetic Counseling - Articles
New Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Gene
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Lisa E. L.
Posted
Thu 19 Nov 2009 10:02pm
of related conditions that affect the body’s peripheral nerves, resulting in pain and muscle weakness in the feet and legs.Until now, the genetic causes for 70% of Charcot-Marie-Tooth... of these families will be able to identify their genetic cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth. Geneticist Miriam Meisler and her team at the University of Michigan have identified a mutation
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Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease
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Jennifer F.
Posted
Sun 16 Aug 2009 12:23pm
Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease causes weak muscles and atrophy in the handsfeetlegs and forearms. this peripheral nerve disorder involves a gradual deterioration of the myelin.... Depend on itthough-whatever is causing your foot painwhether it's disease or injurya hereditary conditionor any number of ills that can plague the feet- you can count on Shenandoah
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder is ...
by
Lisa E. L.
Posted
Thu 11 Sep 2008 5:29pm
of related conditions that affect the body’s peripheral nerves, resulting in pain and muscle weakness in the feet and legs.Until now, the genetic causes for 70% of Charcot-Marie-Tooth... of these families will be able to identify their genetic cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth. Geneticist Miriam Meisler and her team at the University of Michigan have identified a mutation
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Hot Job of 2012? Genetic Counseling
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Lisa E. L.
Posted
Thu 19 Nov 2009 10:02pm
I got a kick out of the Daily Galaxy blog’s list of Hot Jobs in 2012, especially since the very specialized, previously nerdy role of genetic counseling is predicted to be … hot!
7) Genetic Counseling
Doctors will be able to test for dozens of genetic markers and predict when a person will likely experience a genetically based condition
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Genetic Counseling- when is it appropriate?
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ckmiletti
Posted
Wed 16 Feb 2011 6:29pm
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A genetic counselor reviews personal and family history to assess the risk of disease development or recurrence, interprets medical data and test results, discusses the pros and cons of genetic testing, and provides education about disease prevention, screening and treatment.
Genetic counselors have specialized graduate degrees and training in genetics
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23andME-"Genetic Counseling isn't Clinical Medicine"
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Dr. Steve Murphy
Posted
Mon 23 Feb 2009 10:13pm
they are getting is in essence unsupervised genetic counseling.
Vincent a commenter notes from my previous set of comments:
"In their actual report to customers, though, their language... is providing genetic counseling while abdicating any of the clinical responsibility of putting that information out there. This is especially troublesome with highly penetrant tests
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Death Knell to Cancer Genetic Counseling?
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Dr. Steve Murphy
Posted
Tue 14 Apr 2009 11:38pm
that their are guidelines, who is going to teach the OB/Gyns to do this work?"
My initial guess is the genetic counselors. Predominantly a female field it has done a great job of counseling these patients. But OB too is filled with women and they also have done a great job with other counseling. They do order genetic tests. So is this a big jump for them?
Probably
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The Wild Girls of Genetic Counseling
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Sandi W.
Posted
Fri 12 Sep 2008 10:32am
Today I went to the Cancer Genetics Program at Fancy Hospital to start finding out if I have either of the BRCA gene mutations, more common among us Ashkenazim than..., endometrial, breast, stomach, lung, skin, parotid gland. Not to mention leukemia and Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia.) The intern came out to get me and I joined her and the genetic
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