A multidisciplinary renal genetics clinic improves patient diagnosis
Mallett, Andrew, Fowles, Lindsay F., McGaughran, Julie, Healy, Helen, and Patel, Chirag (2016) A multidisciplinary renal genetics clinic improves patient diagnosis. Medical Journal of Australia, 204 (2). pp. 58-59.
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Abstract
[Extract] Developments in genomic science are disproportionately in advance of their translational clinical application. Multidisciplinary clinics are proposed to overcome this1 in many medical fields.2 This is especially so in nephrology, which is typified by significant community disease burden3 and heritability.4 Several renal genetics clinics (RGCs) operate overseas, although their models and outcomes are largely unreported. The first multidisciplinary RGC in Australasia commenced at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in August 2013, involving a clinical geneticist, nephrologist, genetic counsellor, and ancillary clinical and diagnostic services. The departments of clinical genetics and nephrology jointly operate the RGC. The clinical geneticist and nephrologist see families in the same appointment, maximising use of time. In this article, we report this clinical service's initial outcomes and model for mainstreaming genetic medicine.
| Item ID: | 67888 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Short Note) |
| ISSN: | 1326-5377 |
| Copyright Information: | © 2016 AMPCo Pty Ltd. Produced with Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2022 04:58 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3202 Clinical sciences > 320214 Nephrology and urology @ 70% 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3202 Clinical sciences > 320213 Medical genetics (excl. cancer genetics) @ 30% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200105 Treatment of human diseases and conditions @ 100% |
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