University thesis:
Dissertation, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2016
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Description:
Recent progress in genetic testing has facilitated obtaining an etiologic diagnosis in children with developmental delay/intellectual disability or multiple congenital anomalies or both. Little is known about the benefits of diagnostic elucidation for affected families. We studied the impact of a genetic diagnosis on parental quality of life (QoL) using a validated semiquantitative questionnaire in families with a disabled child investigated by array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). We received complete questionnaires from 56 parents of children with diagnostic aCGH (Group I)...