Counselling Unit

The Counselling Unit of the Medical Genetics Center provides qualified assistance in medical genetics to families with hereditary disorders.

The Counselling Unit provides the following services: diagnosis of hereditary diseases using both clinical and specific laboratory test methods; consultations in medical genetics and making prognosis for possible inheritance of a disease by children in families with a history of hereditary disorders; prenatal diagnosis of hereditary diseases. The staff of the unit participates in epidemiological screening of the Russian population to identify families with hereditary abnormalities.