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PRECISION MEDICINE AND RARE DISEASES IN PEDIATRIC UROLOGY

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    Ann Nordgren
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    Affiliations
    Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Department of Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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    Anna Lindstrand
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    Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Genomic Medicine Center Karolinska, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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    Hsi-Yang Wu
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    Division of Urology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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    Magdalena Fossum
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    Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Laboratory of Tissue Engineering Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
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      Abstract

      Precision Medicine holds promise for helping us manage specific phenotypes of common diseases. For rare diseases such as hypospadias, DSD, and pediatric solid tumors, it can also reveal underlying risk factors and pathogenesis. Professors Ann Nordgren and Anna Lindstrand share their experiences in the development and ongoing initiatives of the Swedish national project on Precision Medicine and how it could change the care of pediatric urology patients.
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