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Genetic Counseling for Adult Neurogenetic Disease

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The adult patient diagnosed with or at risk for a neurogenetic disease has many questions and concerns for the genetic counselor, the neurologist, and other practitioners. Because of the emotional and potentially life-altering impact of these diseases on the patient and family, counseling can be especially challenging.

A rare hands-on guide to the subject, Genetic Counseling for Adult Neurogenetic Disease deals with core issues that differentiate adult neurogenetic counseling from its more familiar pediatric counterpart. This innovative book with accompanying videos is designed to fill in deficits in this area typical of training programs in genetic counseling (which have pediatrics and prenatal concentrations) and neurology (which rarely cover genetic counseling). For each condition featured, chapters include a detailed overview of genetic symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and management, plus guidelines for asking, and answering, pertinent questions. The major concentration, however, is on genetic counseling issues and case histories illustrating these issues. As an added dimension, the accompanying videos depict representative issues and challenges in genetic counseling for specific diseases in addition to the basics of a neurological examination. Among the conditions discussed:

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Series Title

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Call Number

611 Gen

Publisher

: ., 2015

Collation

20 b/w illustrations

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-4899-7481-5

Classification

611

Content Type

text

Media Type

computer

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Edition

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Subject(s)

adult neurogenetic disease

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Statement of Responsibility

editor Jill S. Goldman

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Cataloger

Khusnun

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