RT Book, Section
A1 Mc Guire, Peter J.
A1 Hirschhorn, Kurt
A2 Murray, Michael F.
A2 Babyatsky, Mark W.
A2 Giovanni, Monica A.
A2 Alkuraya, Fowzan S.
A2 Stewart, Douglas R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1102707479
T1 Genetic Syndromes of Childhood in Adults
T2 Clinical Genomics: Practical Applications in Adult Patient Care
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071622448
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102707479
RD 2024/04/19
AB With  improvements  in  medical  care,  children  with  genetic  diseases  now  live  longer.Transition  of  care  of  pediatric  patients  with  chronic  diseases  to  adult  providers  presents  challenges,  especially  in  the  care  of  pediatric  genetic  diseases.Adult  patients  with  monogenic  diseases  diagnosed  in  childhood  require  an  interdisciplinary  approach  to  medical  care.Medical  management  of  other  adult-onset  conditions  not  related  to  the  primary  diagnosis  must  be  addressed.The  astute  physician  must  sometimes  differentiate  between  medical  issues  related  to  the  primary  genetic  diagnosis  and  other  nonrelated  pathologic  conditions.