Genetic Testing in Pediatrics

Charting Pediatrics by Jessie Cohen

May 19, 202633:18Science & Medicine

Genetic testing is no longer a distant, specialized tool reserved for rare disease clinics or academic centers. It's showing up in pediatric practice. For example, pediatricians are increasingly considering genetic diagn...

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