New clinical genetics
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bloxham, Oxfordshire :
Scion Publishing ,
2007
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1 What can we learn from a family history?
- Ch. 2 How can a patient's chromosomes be studied?
- Ch. 3. How do genes work?
- Ch. 4 How can a patient's DNA be studied?
- Ch. 5 How can we check a patient's DNA for gene mutations?
- Ch. 6 What do mutations do?
- Ch. 7 What is epigenetics?
- Ch. 8 How do genes affect our metabolism, drug responses and immune system?
- Ch. 9 How do researchers identify genes for mendelian diseases?
- Ch. 10 Why are some conditions common and others rare?
- Ch. 11 When is screening useful?
- Ch. 12 Is cancer genetic?
- Ch. 13 Should we be testing for genetic susceptibility to common diseases?
- Ch. 14 What can we do about genetic disease?