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AMPLIFY™ Technology Enhances Prenatal Screening for 22q11.2 Microdeletion

Myriad Genetics

For example, Driscoll (2001) wrote on the benefits of early 22q detection: Couples can opt to pursue diagnostic testing. Parent support groups are available in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia, as well as online, and can provide families with additional information and support.” Prenatal Diagnosis.

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 2: Walk Softly

PEMBlog

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. The family denies any sore throat, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, conjunctivitis. The diagnosis can be made clinically. Am Fam Physician 2001 ; 64:419. This is the second of the four cases.

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

Thimerosal was removed from most vaccines in 2001 as a safety precaution. Scientists say the rise may owe to several factors, including better diagnosis, older parents and genetics, The Wall Street Journal said. The final findings were published in 2003. The CDC estimates that 1 in 31 8-year-olds nationwide had autism in 2022.