title: [Genetic testing and counselling in inherited eye disease].
abstract: Advances in genetics have made genetic testing in patients with inherited eye disease increasingly accessible, and the initiation of clinical intervention trials makes it increasingly clinically relevant. Based on a multidisciplinary collaboration between ophthalmologists and clinical geneticists, the extensive register of families with monogenic inherited eye diseases at the National Eye Clinic of the Kennedy Center in Denmark provides a valuable asset waiting to be exploited in the global effort to reduce blindness caused by genetic defects.
authors.affiliation: Klinikken Kennedy Centret, Gl. Landevej 7, Glostrup. kbn@kennedy.dk
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brøndum-Nielsen
authors.forename: Hanne
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Timshel
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grønskov
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D015785:Eye Diseases, Hereditary / Q000235:genetics*; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000458:organization & administration; D010375:Pedigree