Emery's elements of medical genetics : Robert F. Mueller, Ian D. Young ; illustrator, Anna Durbin.
By: Mueller, Robert F
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Contributor(s): Young, Ian D | Emery, Alan E. H | Emery, Alan E. H. Elements of medical genetics.
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BookPublisher: Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 1995Edition: 9th ed.Description: 317 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0443051755.Subject(s): Medical genetics | Genetic disordersDDC classification: 616.042 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store | 616.042 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00009803 |
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To facilitate ease of study, this edition is divided into three sections. The first outlines the basic principles and adheres as far as possible to the recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians working party on teaching genetics to medical students.
Rev. ed. of: Elements of medical genetics / Alan E.H. Emery, Robert F. Mueller. 8th ed. 1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section A Principles of human genetics: The history and impact of genetics in medicine -- Cellular and molecular basis of inheritance -- Chromosomes -- Recombinant DNA technology -- Developmental genetics -- Patterns of inheritance -- Mathematical and population genetics -- Polygenic and multifactorial inheritance -- Section B Genetics in medicine: Haemoglobin 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 counselling -- Chromosome disorders -- Single gene disorders -- Carrier detection and presymptomatic diagnosis -- Risk calculation -- Prenatal diagnosis of genetic disease -- Population screening and community genetics -- New developments: gene therapy and the human genome project -- Ethical considerations.