Genetic Counselling
A genetic counsellor proposes assisting couples, families, and individuals in understanding their inherited genetic condition in order to make health decisions. A new genetic abnormality causing intellectual impairment has been identified. The genetic mutation that causes X-linked syndrome intellectual disability is inherited and passed on to offspring by unaffected females; however, symptoms such as behavioral difficulties, small average brains, and testes have been observed in males.
- Cardiovascular genetics
- Hereditary cancer genetics
- Neuro genetics
- Pediatric genetics