Peer Review
Consistent with the process used by scholarly journals, each new GeneReview is reviewed by two to four experts on the disorder who check the entry for accuracy, completeness, and clinical relevance. Reviewers are anonymous to authors.
Updates
Every four to five years, GeneReview chapter author(s) and GeneReviews editorial staff undertake a comprehensive review of chapter content and format to ensure its currency and continuing clinical relevance to diagnosis, patient care, and genetic counseling.
Revisions
Time-critical revisions to a GeneReview are initiated by the editorial staff or the author(s) whenever a clinically significant development (e.g., identification of a gene, advances in treatment) needs to be published.
Publication Details
Publication History
Initial Posting: June 3, 2013; Last Revision: October 22, 2020.
Copyright
GeneReviews® chapters are owned by the University of Washington. Permission is hereby granted to reproduce, distribute, and translate copies of content materials for noncommercial research purposes only, provided that (i) credit for source (http://www.genereviews.org/) and copyright (© 1993-2025 University of Washington) are included with each copy; (ii) a link to the original material is provided whenever the material is published elsewhere on the Web; and (iii) reproducers, distributors, and/or translators comply with the GeneReviews® Copyright Notice and Usage Disclaimer. No further modifications are allowed. For clarity, excerpts of GeneReviews chapters for use in lab reports and clinic notes are a permitted use.
For more information, see the GeneReviews® Copyright Notice and Usage Disclaimer.
For questions regarding permissions or whether a specified use is allowed, contact: ude.wu@tssamda.
Publisher
University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle (WA)
NLM Citation
Adam MP, Feldman J, Mirzaa GM, et al., editors. GeneReviews® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993-2025. GeneReviews — Review Processes. 2013 Jun 3 [Updated 2020 Oct 22].