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Determining the Likelihood of Variant Pathogenicity Using Amino Acid-level Signal-to-Noise Analysis of Genetic Variation
Published on: January 16, 2019
[Genetic counseling in congenital long QT syndrome]
Anniken Hamang1, Berge Solberg, Cathrine Bjorvatn
1Senter for medisinsk genetikk og molekylaermedisin, Haukeland universitetssykehus, 5021 Bergen. anniken.hamang@isf.uib.no
Background:
Long QT syndrome is an inherited heart-rhythm disorder characterized by an increased risk of ventricular tachycardia and sudden death. Genetic testing is available.
Material And Methods:
The article is based on an anonymous family with a history of long QT syndrome, the authors experience with this patient group and a Pubmed search for literature from the period 1957 - 2007.
Results:
An 8-year-old boy suffers syncope at a sports event, and this leads to genetic counseling and molecular genetic testing of his first-and second-degree relatives. Knowledge about genetic risk of sudden death in a family can trigger genetic testing and health preventive treatment of children, but can also have substantial psychosocial and ethical consequences for the family and for the health-care personnel involved.
Interpretation:
Living with a genetic risk can be very emotionally challenging for the individuals and families, and "The Norwegian Act of Biotechnology in Human Medicine, etc" that regulates clinical genetic activities is extensive. An important question is whether the current Act allows communication of genetic information to persons other than the patient.
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