La tecnologia genetica: ciò che ogni pediatra dovrebbe sapere

Abstract

Availability of genetic tests has remarkably increased in the last few years. The new technologies offer clinicians new diagnostic opportunities that enable to save time and money in the diagnostic path of patients with possible genetic disease. Also from a patient’s perspective the application of the new tests significantly improves what has been called “diagnostic odyssey”. For all these reasons it is absolutely important that paediatricians become aware of what can be offered to their patients as well as of the increased diagnostic potentialities but also of the well-known limits and possible doubtful results of these tests.