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Emery's Elements of Medical Genetics - Peter D Turnpenny, Sian Ellard

Emery's Elements of Medical Genetics

Buch | Softcover
416 Seiten
2017 | 15th edition
Elsevier Health Sciences (Verlag)
978-0-7020-6685-6 (ISBN)
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Everything a student needs to know about medical genetics is here in the 15th edition of this award-winning textbook. Thoroughly updated and revised throughout to map a fast-moving area, the 15th edition continues Emery's enviable reputation for successfully balancing up-to-dateness in a rapidly developing field with a strong basis in practical clinical genetics for medical students. With MCQs and Case-Based Review Questions, end of chapter summaries and convenient online access, it is the essential tool for this complex but foundational topic for all medical undergraduates, as well as postgraduates seeking to improve their understanding and knowledge.

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Divided into three restructured sections to make the book easier to use for a variety of readers: Scientific Basis of Human Genetics; Genetics in Medicine and Genomic Medicine; Clinical Genetics, Counselling and Ethics

.Interactive self-assessment questions

.Case-based questions

.Online hyperlinks to important genetics websites and clinical databases.

.Update of clinical figures to include more full-colour images

.An extensive glossary of terms

.Full colour art to visualise the appearance of genetic disorders and assist with the understanding of complex genetic structures

.Explore the social, ethical and counselling issues surrounding the study and treatment of genetic disorders.

.Elements boxes at the end of each chapter summarizing the basics at a glance.

Preface

Introduction

1 The history and impact of genetics in medicine

A. The Scientific Basis of Human Genetics

2 The cellular and molecular basis of inheritance

3 Chromosomes and cell division

4 Finding the cause of monogenic disorders by identifying disease genes

5 Laboratory techniques for diagnosis of monogenic disorders

6 Patterns of inheritance

7 Population and mathematical genetics

8 Risk calculation

9 Developmental genetics

B. Genetics in Medicine and Genomic Medicine

10 Common disease, polygenic and multifactorial genetics

11 Screening for genetic disease

12 Hemoglobin and hemoglobinopathies

13 Immunogenetics

14 The genetics of cancer . and cancer genetics

15 Pharmacogenetics, personalised medicine, and the treatment of genetic disease

C. Clinical Genetics, Counseling and Ethics

16 Congenital abnormalities, dysmorphic syndromes, and learning disability

17 Chromosome disorders

18 Inborn errors of metabolism

19 Mainstream monogenic disorders

20 Prenatal testing and reproductive genetics

21 Genetic counseling

22 Ethical and legal issues in medical genetics

Glossary

Appendix of websites

MCQs

Case-Based Qs

MCQ Answers

Case-Based Q Answers

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Approx. 310 illustrations (200 in full color); Illustrations
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 195 x 252 mm
Gewicht 1160 g
Themenwelt Studium 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) Humangenetik
ISBN-10 0-7020-6685-0 / 0702066850
ISBN-13 978-0-7020-6685-6 / 9780702066856
Zustand Neuware
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