TY - BOOK AU - Turnpenny,Peter D AU - Ellard,Sian TI - Emery´s elements of medical genetics SN - 0702066850 U1 - 616.042 PY - 2017/// CY - [Philadelphia, PA] PB - Elsevier KW - Enfermedades genéticas KW - Genética médica N1 - Incluye referencias biblliográficas e índice; The history and impact of genetics in medicine -- Section A: The scientific basis of human genetics -- The cellular and molecular basis of inheritance -- Chromosomes and cell division -- Finding the cause of monogenic disorders by identifying disease genes -- Laboratory techniques for diagnosis of monogenic disorders -- Patterns of inheritance -- Population and mathematical genetics -- Risk calculation -- Developmental genetics -- Section B: Genetics in medicine and genomic medicine -- Common disease, polygenic and multifactorial genetics -- Screening for genetic disease -- Hemoglobin and the hemoglobinopathies -- Immunogenetics -- The genetics of cancer and cancer genetics -- Pharmacogenetics, personalized medicine and the treatment of genetic disease -- Section C: Clinical genetics, counseling, and ethics -- Congenital, abnormalities, dysmorphic syndromes, and learning disability -- Chromosome disorders -- Inborn errors of metabolism -- Mainstream monogenetic disorders -- Prenatal testing and reproductive genetics -- Genetic counseling -- Ethical and legal issues in medical genetics N2 - ´Everything a student needs to know about medical genetics is here in the 15th ediction 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 witha strong basis in practical clinical genetics for medical students.´ --Reverso de cubierta ER -