This manual from the Bureau of Laboratories at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services was designed to assist in the proper collection and submission of specimens for genetic testing and the interpretation of results.
OMIM is a comprehensive compilation of human genes and genetic phenotypes. The full-text, referenced overviews, updated daily, contain information on all known Mendelian disorders and over 12,000 genes with a focus on the relationship between phenotype and genotype.
This fact sheet adopted from the California Preconception Care Initiative provides information on how domestic violence can affect a pregnancy.
This fact sheet provides answers to many common questions involving pregnant women and their potential sensitivity to the flu.
If you’re thinking of getting pregnant soon or sometime in the future, it is important to start making healthy choices now, such as taking a multivitamin containing folic acid and visiting your healthcare provider.
A list of free brochures, fact sheets and other educational materials from the CDC about FASD available in English and Spanish.
This 2006 report provides recommendations to improve both preconception health and care to improve the health of women and couples, before conception of a first or subsequent pregnancy.
Whether or not a woman or man plans to have a baby one day, preconception health is important. This website provides information for men and women on preconception health, planning pregnancy and reproductive life plans and free materials, and clinical care recommendations for health professionals.
This program strives to pursue two goals: to provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis and to advance medical knowledge about rare and uncommon diseases.
ORDR aims to answer questions about rare diseases and activities for patients, families, healthcare providers, researchers, educators, students, and anyone interested in this population.