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Social Determinants of Health, the Diagnostic Odyssey, and Genetic Testing for Global Developmental Delay/Intellectual Disability: A Qualitative Study

2026-01-28

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background</bold> Genetic testing is recommended for all children with global developmental delay or intellectual disability (GDD/ID) without a clearly-identifiable acquired etiology, as it leads to a rare disease diagnosis up to 40% of the time and has implications for medical management and family planning. However, families often experience years-long journeys from the time...

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Literature Corpus work: 3aee828a-f1f3-577a-9904-a6732d2ff82e
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8378360/v1

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