Benjamin M. Neale and Stephen V. Faraone* Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts Department of Neu...

introduction: mental retardation, is one of the most common causes for referral to genetic counseling centers, and is one of the greatest challenges in health care services in the world. down syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormalities in humans. methods: this study performed in medical genetic counseling center of welfare organization in south of iran with high consanguineous marriag...

Genetic testing is becoming increasingly important to medical practice. Integrating genetics and genomics data into electronic medical records is crucial in translating genetic discoveries into improved patient care. Information technology, especially Clinical Decision Support Systems, holds great potential to help clinical professionals take full advantage of genomic advances in their daily me...

Image registration is a useful technique for medical diagnosis and treatment. However,using basic genetic algorithm as similarity metric in medical image registration has some shortcomings,such as low efficiency and premature convergence that may lead to fail in medical image registration. This paper aims to provide an improved genetic algorithm on which such problems could be settled.Operation...

OBJECTIVE Our objective was assessment of fetopathological examination after termination of pregnancy (TOP) for fetal anomalies with normal karyotype <17 weeks of gestation. STUDY DESIGN This was a multicenter retrospective study. Records of TOP for fetal anomalies with normal karyotype were analyzed. Primary outcomes were modifications of genetic counseling and management of next subsequent ...

Introduction: Hearing impairment is a complex medical disorder whichhas genetic and non-genetic causes. Gap Junction Protein Beta 2 (GJB2) gene variant is a well-known disease-causing gene among patients with hearing impairment. The frequencies of genetic variants in the GJB2 gene are different in each population. This study aimed to discuss the GJB2 gene status in an Iranian population with he...

consanguineous marriage is a common custom in iran, and different statistical figures in this regard have been reported from various regions of the country. therefore, it seems necessary to examine the viewpoints of medical genetics, the quran and the infallibles about this issue. consanguineous marriage is one of the most important causes of congenital anomalies. the numerous advices and solut...