The Chromosome 18 Clinical Resource Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Chromosome 18 Clinical Research Center has created a pediatrician-friendly virtual resource center for managing patients with chromosome 18 abnormalities. To date, children with rare chromosome abnormalities have been cared for either symptomatically or palliatively as a reaction to the presenting medical problems. As we enter an era of genomic-informed medicine, we can provide children, even those with individually unique chromosome abnormalities, with proactive medical care and management based on the most contemporary data on their specific genomic change. It is problematic for practicing physicians to obtain and use the emerging data on specific genes because this information is derived from diverse sources (e.g., animal studies, case reports, in vitro exploratio

SUBMITTER: Cody JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6014460 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature