Genetic Counseling

A Guide for the Practicing Physician

Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

114 Seiten

1969 | 1969 ed.
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-90011-7 (ISBN)

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"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" In medicine the truth of this statement is so self-evident that it is simply taken for granted; and yet it has become mere lip-service for many a doctor, since his work is almost exclusively concerned with the treatment of those who are already ill. This applies not only to the treatment of patients but even more to that of entire families. Many doctors are as yet unaware that the appearance of serious, sometimes fatal diseases can be avoided by preventing the concep- tion of sick human beings. Our knowledge of genetics permits the relatively accurate prediction, based on statistical probability, of the recurrence of genetic defects (anomalies) and diseases within families. Our patients are frequently aware that such predictions are pos- sible. In an effort to prevent the birth of defective children they try to inform themselves. However, in the practice of the individual doctor this sort of inquiry does not occur with such frequency that he is forced to concern himself systematically with these problems.

I. Appearances Deceive.- II. Recording a Familial Medical History or Pedigree.- III. The Autosomal Dominant Mode of Inheritance.- IV. New Mutations and Phenocopies.- V. The Autosomal Recessive Mode of Inheritance and Tests for the Detection of Heterozygotes.- VI. Sex-linked Modes of Inheritance.- VII. Chromosome Aberrations.- VIII. Malformations Not Subject to a Simple Mode of Inheritance.- IX. Other Diseases Without a Simple Mode of Inheritance.- X. Oligophrenia and Mental Illness.- XI. The Genetic Prognosis for Consanguinous Marriage.- XII. The Human Element.- References.

Reihe/Serie	Heidelberg Science Library
Übersetzer	Sabine Kurth
Zusatzinfo	5 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	230 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
ISBN-10	0-387-90011-X / 038790011X
ISBN-13	978-0-387-90011-7 / 9780387900117
Zustand	Neuware