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Impacts of caring for a child with the CDKL5 disorder on parental wellbeing and family quality of life.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 19 Jan 2017
Mori Yuka, Downs Jenny, Wong Kingsley, Anderson Barbara, Epstein Amy, Leonard Helen
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BACKGROUND: Although research in this area remains sparse, raising a child with some genetic disorders has been shown to adversely impact maternal health and family quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate such impacts in families with a child with the CDKL5 disorder, a newly recognised genetic disorder causing severe neurodevelopmental impairments and refractory epilepsy. METHODS: Data were...
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