Clinical and community genetics services in the Dutch Caribbean.
Clinical genetics
Community genetics
Dutch Caribbean
Genetics services
Journal
Journal of community genetics
ISSN: 1868-310X
Titre abrégé: J Community Genet
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101551501
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2021
Jul 2021
Historique:
received:
11
12
2020
accepted:
01
03
2021
pubmed:
23
3
2021
medline:
23
3
2021
entrez:
22
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands consists of six islands: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, and Saba. Because of their small size and relative remoteness, they face several economic and healthcare challenges, including limited access to genetics services. In this article, we provide an overview of the clinical and community genetics services that are available in the Dutch Caribbean. In particular, we describe our joint pediatric-genetics clinic with a visiting clinical geneticist that was established in 2011 to provide clinical genetics services for the pediatric population of the Dutch Caribbean.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33751485
doi: 10.1007/s12687-021-00515-6
pii: 10.1007/s12687-021-00515-6
pmc: PMC7943254
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
497-501Références
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