Medical Genetics Clinic

Useful information for patients

In his path, the patient performs a pre-test consultation aimed at providing information on the genetic tests required, the purposes of the examination, the limits of the techniques used and to collect useful information to verify the possible family risk for specific genetic alterations. Post-test technical genetic counselling is provided along the way.

Below are the conditions that may most frequently require genetic counseling:

• Individuals in whose families there is a genetic disease already diagnosed 
• Individuals with a congenital defect or affected family members
• Carriers of both genetic diseases and structural chromosomal rearrangements. 
• Couples who have had children born or aborted foetuses with malformations 
• Couples or families with repeated abortions and/or infertility
• Couples in which there are deaths in childhood. 
• Couples whose families have died from recurrent diseases
• Consanguineous couples
• People of geographical and/or ethnic origin in which carriers of specific diseases are more frequent
• Couples who want information about possible reproductive risks
• Subjects familiar with tumors (e.g., colorectal, breast-eye)
• Subjects with non-clinically defined pathology

COLLECTION OF REPORTS

For Medical Genetics exams, the reports can be collected at the Scala D Outpatient Clinic.

Please note: It is not possible to use the proxy for the withdrawal of prenatal examinations.