Counselling session, specialist | Main topics |
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Clinical geneticist | Karyotype description, origin of chromosomal abnormalities, accuracy of prenatal diagnosis, genotype-phenotype correlation, |
Pediatrician | Clinical consequences of aneuploidy, natural history of affected boys, prevalence and severity of symptoms, diagnostic assessment and reference centres for complicated cases and therapeutic facilities, |
Clinical Psychologist | Support aimed at dealing with psychological implications of diagnosis and prognosis Specific advice to help parents integrate their own histories into the development of coping skills and behaviours and to encourage resilience. |