2018
Psychosocial Profiles of Parents of Children with Undiagnosed Diseases: Managing Well or Just Managing?
McConkie‐Rosell A, Hooper SR, Pena LDM, Schoch K, Spillmann RC, Jiang Y, Cope H, Network U, Palmer C, Shashi V. Psychosocial Profiles of Parents of Children with Undiagnosed Diseases: Managing Well or Just Managing? Journal Of Genetic Counseling 2018, 27: 935-946. PMID: 29297108, PMCID: PMC6028305, DOI: 10.1007/s10897-017-0193-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychosocial profileHealth care empowermentPsychological needsParents’ psychological needsHigh emotional costParents of childrenAnxiety symptomsEmotional costsUndiagnosed childrenOlder childrenGender differencesParentsUndiagnosed diseaseClinical sitesAnxietyChildrenUndiagnosed Diseases NetworkDegree toleranceHealth care engagementDepressionChronic illnessCare engagementClinical evaluationMedical findingsEmpowerment
2016
Chromosomal microarray analysis in clinical evaluation of neurodevelopmental disorders-reporting a novel deletion of SETDB1 and illustration of counseling challenge
Xu Q, Goldstein J, Wang P, Gadi IK, Labreche H, Rehder C, Wang WP, McConkie A, Xu X, Jiang YH. Chromosomal microarray analysis in clinical evaluation of neurodevelopmental disorders-reporting a novel deletion of SETDB1 and illustration of counseling challenge. Pediatric Research 2016, 80: 371-381. PMID: 27119313, PMCID: PMC5382808, DOI: 10.1038/pr.2016.101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAlgorithmsAutistic DisorderChildChild, PreschoolChromatinComparative Genomic HybridizationCounselingDevelopmental DisabilitiesDNA Copy Number VariationsFemaleGene DeletionGene RearrangementHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHumansInfantIntellectual DisabilityMaleMicroarray AnalysisNeurodevelopmental DisordersPedigreeProtein MethyltransferasesConceptsNeurodevelopmental disordersAutism spectrum disorderIntellectual disabilityDevelopmental disabilitiesCopy number variationsChromosomal microarray analysisEtiological evaluationClinical evaluationClinical significanceUnknown significanceCNV analysisGenetics clinicEtiology of ASDCounseling familiesDisordersVariable penetranceClinicMicroarray analysisNovel deletionSpectrum disorderDisabilityCounseling challengesFurther supportEtiologyCohort
2013
The utility of the traditional medical genetics diagnostic evaluation in the context of next-generation sequencing for undiagnosed genetic disorders
Shashi V, McConkie-Rosell A, Rosell B, Schoch K, Vellore K, McDonald M, Jiang YH, Xie P, Need A, Goldstein DB. The utility of the traditional medical genetics diagnostic evaluation in the context of next-generation sequencing for undiagnosed genetic disorders. Genetics In Medicine 2013, 16: 176-182. PMID: 23928913, DOI: 10.1038/gim.2013.99.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUndiagnosed genetic disordersDiagnostic evaluationNext-generation sequencingGenetic diagnostic evaluationGenetic testingGenetic disordersGenetic diagnosisGeneral genetics clinicsTertiary medical centerFirst clinical visitComprehensive clinical evaluationUnselected consecutive patientsTraditional genetic testingConsecutive patientsInitial visitClinical visitsClinical evaluationFirst visitDiagnostic yieldMedical CenterNumber of visitsDiagnosis rateGenetics clinicDiagnostic algorithmPatients