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- Chance a Chromosome Abnormality Will Occur Again: Numerical, Structural (Inherited and De Novo), Mosaicism
- Chromosome Abnormalities
- Chromosome Abnormality vs. Single Gene Defect
- Chromosome Studies: Karyotype, Extended Banding, Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH), and Chromosomal Microarray Analysis
- Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
- Genetic Services: When, Where, How
- Glossary - Medical Genetics
- How Chromosome Abnormalities Happen: Meiosis, Mitosis, Maternal Age, Environment
- Medical Genetics
- Medical History and Genetic Testing
- Mosaic Down Syndrome
- Mosaicism
- Multifactorial Inheritance
- Non-Traditional Inheritance
- Numerical Abnormalities: Overview of Trisomies and Monosomies
- Overview of Chromosome Abnormalities
- Overview of Single Gene Defects
- Single Gene Defects
- Structural Abnormalities: Deletions (Cri du Chat) and Duplications (Pallister Killian)
- Studies for Single Gene Defects: DNA (Direct and Indirect)
- Support Groups
- The Human Genome Project
- Trinucleotide Repeats: Fragile-X Syndrome
- Trisomy 18 and 13
- Turner Syndrome
- Types of Chromosome Abnormalities
- Uniparental Disomy: Prader-Willi Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome
- Uses of Genetic Testing
- Vitamin, Gene, and Enzyme Replacement Therapy
- When to Seek Genetic Counseling
- X-linked Agammaglobulinemia
- X-linked Dominant: Incontinentia Pigmenti
- X-linked Recessive: Red-Green Color Blindness, Hemophilia A
Genetics
Our Expertise
Following are the specialized programs offered by the Division of Clinical Genetics at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital.
Prenatal Genetics- Non-invasive integrated screening for Down syndrome
- Carrier screening for common genetic conditions such as sickle cell disease, Tay Sachs disease, cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy, and Fragile X
- Pre-conception counseling
- Prenatal diagnosis of genetic conditions
- Chorionic villus sampling
- Amniocentesis
- Birth defects
- Counseling for complex fetal chromosomal abnormalities
- Prenatal pediatric care coordination for fetuses with birth defects or known genetic conditions
- Preimplantation genetic diagnostic program for genetic conditions
- Autism
- Birth defects
- Cardiomyopathies
- Chromosomal disorders (Down syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, Turner syndrome)
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- Congenital heart disease
- Craniofacial disorders
- Cystic fibrosis
- Deafness
- Delay in development
- Di George syndrome
- Dysmorphology
- Endocrine genetics including specialized programs in diabetes and obesity
- Fragile X
- Growth problems
- Inherited arrhythmias and long QT syndrome
- Inherited liver disorders
- Inherited skin (dermatological) disorders
- Marfan syndrome
- Metabolic disorders
- Mitochondrial disorders
- Muscular dystrophy
- Neurofibromatosis*
- Osteogenesis imperfecta
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Seizures
- Sickle cell disease and thalassemia
- Spinal muscular atrophy
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Vascular anomalies
- Cancer including breast, ovarian, colon, pancreatic, adrenal, renal (kidney) cancer, and melanoma
- Von Hippel Lindau Disease*
- Cardiomyopathy
- Inherited arrhythmias and long QT syndrome
- Huntington disease
- Muscular dystrophy
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Myotonic dystrophy
- Dementia
- Diabetes
- Hemochromatosis
