Clinical Genetics is the medical specialty which is concerned with the cause, course, diagnosis and treatment of genetic and part-genetic disorders. Clinical geneticists provide a diagnostic service and genetic counselling for individuals and their families with, or at risk of, conditions which may have a genetic basis.
In the UK, clinical geneticists are based in regional genetics services and hold clinics in district hospitals as well as clinics with other medical specialities for specific groups of conditions.
Further information about clinical genetics in the United Kingdom can be found on the Clinical Genetics Society website, www.clingensoc.org. Referrals to clinical genetics services can be made through regional genetics services, a list of which can be found on the British Society for Human Genetics website (www.bshg.org.uk).
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