Medical Genetics for the Modern Clinician

di Westman • 2006 • dettagli prodotto

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Medical Genetics for the Modern Clinician is a concise, clinically oriented introductory genetics text for medical and allied health students, residents, and clinicians. The book focuses sharply on concepts that are most applicable to clinical practice.Ethics sections in each chapter discuss ethical issues facing today's practitioner, such as counseling, risk assessment, and testing. More than 120 illustrations help students visualize concepts. Each chapter ends with USMLE-style review questions. Appendices include a glossary and a Table of Genes that lists all genes covered in the text by chapter. Faculty resources, case studies, and downloadable full-color images will be available on connection.LWW.com/go/westman.Table of Contents1 Genetics in the practice of medicine 12 DNA structure, function, and replication : a review 93 Cytogenetics : microscopic genetics 194 Molecular genetics : gene structure, organization, and control 395 Changes and repair at the molecular DNA level 576 Mendelian inheritance : observation of phenotypes 777 Unexpected phenotypes in Mendelian disorders : molecular explanations 878 Cancer genetics 1039 Complex disease 11910 Developmental genetics 13511 Individualized medicine 14912 Gene therapy 157