Emery's elements of medical genetics.
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| Author / Creator: | Turnpenny, Peter D. |
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| Edition: | 12th ed. |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone, 2005. |
| Description: | xii, 443 p. ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5585484 |
Table of Contents:
- Section A. Principles of Human Genetics
- The history and impact of genetics in medicine
- The cellular and molecular basis of inheritance
- Chromosomes and cell division
- DNA technology and applications
- Developmental genetics
- Patterns of inheritance
- Mathematical and population genetics
- Polygenic and multifactorial inheritance
- Section B. Genetics in Medicine
- Haemaoglobin and the haemoglobinopathies
- Biochemical genetics
- Pharmacogenetics
- Immunogenetics
- The genetics of cancer
- Genetic factors in common diseases
- Genetics and congenital abnormalities
- Section C. Clinical Genetics
- Genetic counseling
- Chromosome disorders
- Single gene disorders
- Carrier detection and presymptomatic diagnosis
- Risk calculation
- Prenatal diagnosis of genetic disease
- Population screening and community genetics
- The human genome project, treatment of genetic disease and gene therapy
- Ethical issues in medical genetics
- Appendix: Advice on using the Internet for further genetics research
- Glossary
