Genetic Counseling

UTHealth Houston Neurosciences offers adult patients genetic counseling services when appropriate. Our genetic counselor is a specially trained clinicians who advises patients and their caregivers affected by or at risk of genetic conditions. The information provided can help patients better understand inheritance patterns and the impact their genes might have on the disease, and they can make recommendations for screening, treatment, and management of the disorder. Our genetic counselor is available for counseling for patients with the following conditions:

Hereditary Cancer Syndromes

Von Hippel Lindau syndrome, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Hereditary Paraganglioma syndrome, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia

Individuals with multiple family members diagnosed with cancer at young ages (less than 50) over multiple generations
Individuals diagnosed with multiple primary tumors (does not include recurrent cancer or metastases)
Individuals who have a family member with a known germline mutation

Neurofibromatosis 1

Individuals with multiple café au lait spots, freckling
Individuals with multiple neurofibromas or other characteristic lesions

Neurofibromatosis 2

Individuals with bilateral vestibular schwannomas
Individuals with unilateral schwannoma plus multiple meningiomas, ependymomas and/or cataracts
Individuals with a meningioma diagnosed at less than 25 years of age

Familial Brain Aneurysms

具有个人和家族史的个人大脑动脉瘤
Individuals with a family history of brain aneurysms (2 or more close relatives)

家族性脑海绵状畸形（CCMS）

Individuals with multiple CCMs
具有单一CCM的人，也有CCM家族史

Epilepsy

Individuals with epilepsy plus a family history ofepilepsy
Individuals with epilepsy plus additional features such as birth defects, intellectual disabilities or psychiatric conditions
癫痫患者+多个特点stics of tuberous sclerosis complex (cortical tubers, subependymal nodules, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, kidney lesions, prenatal cardiac rhabdomyomas, lymphangioleiomyomatosis)

Neuromuscular Conditions

Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Becker muscular dystrophy, Myotonic dystrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Spinal muscular atrophy, Friedreich’s ataxia

Individuals with a personal or family history of the condition

Other Neurological Conditions

家族性阿尔茨海默氏病，额颞痴呆，家族性帕金森氏病，家族性肌萎缩性侧面硬化症，遗传运动障碍

Individuals who have a personal and family history of the condition, especially with early-onset forms

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