title: Should patients with ocular genetic disorders have genetic testing?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the risks, benefits and value of genetic testing for ocular genetic disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Testing for ocular genetics diseases is becoming more available and successful gene therapy is being reported. Clinicians must prepare for this trend by considering diagnostic genetic testing for their patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As advances continually occur in genetic testing for ocular genetic disorders, clinicians must develop an understanding of the potential risks and benefits for their patients.
authors.affiliation: aOcular Genetics, Wills Eye Hospital bThomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Mario T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Zanolli
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Khetan
authors.forename: Gad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dotan
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pizzi
authors.forename: Alex V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Levin
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D015785:Eye Diseases, Hereditary / Q000235:genetics*; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment