This can certainly help in clinical diagnosis. Genetic testing for eye diseases could certainly help in revealing important information regarding complex retinal diseases. Genetic testing is a new practice and it is being said that molecular diagnostics does not lead to the replacement of the ophthalmologist but it offers another tool to the ophthalmologist for diagnosis. Genetic counseling comes handy when there is a risk of the patient facing blindness and hence it becomes necessary for the family to prepare all test results, understand the various implications of test results and deciding on the various limitations of genetic testing. The review of the test was conducted over a period of five years at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center and the diagnosis has been confirmed in half of the cases.
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