Delayed diagnosis of Williams-Beuren syndrome in an adolescent of Jamaican descent: examining racial disparities in genetics education
Clin Dysmorphol
.
2021 Jan;30(1):69-70.
doi: 10.1097/MCD.0000000000000357.
Authors
Nina B Gold
1
2
,
Katherine A Nash
3
,
Joanna Perdomo
2
4
,
Daniel J Zheng
4
,
Alexandra Power-Hays
5
,
Tyler Rainer
6
,
Fuki Hisama
7
,
Barbara Pober
1
2
,
Emily Feinberg
8
Affiliations
1
Division of Medical Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital.
2
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
3
National Clinician Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
4
Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
5
Cincinnati Children's Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio.
6
Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
7
Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
8
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
PMID:
33136657
DOI:
10.1097/MCD.0000000000000357
No abstract available
Publication types
Case Reports
MeSH terms
Adolescent
Delayed Diagnosis
Female
Genetic Counseling
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Jamaica
Patient Education as Topic
Williams Syndrome / diagnosis*
Williams Syndrome / genetics