Pediatric aspects of genetic counseling
Hohenauer, L.
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 135(12): 292-294
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-5341 PMID: 3929477 Document Number: 250955
Pediatric patients are often affected by malformation and genetic illness. Among 316 consecutive cases of genetic counseling chromosomal disorders amounted to one third of the problems and 10% of the cases were neural tube defects. Drugs in pregnancy and intrauterine infections contributed to another 10%. Genetic counseling represents a small but important part of a comprehensive medical care.