The practical guide to the genetic family history
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley-Blackwell ,
c2010
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The language of the pedigree
- Practical inheritance
- Getting to the roots : recording the family tree
- Directed medical-genetic family history questions : separating the trees from the forest
- Using a pedigree to recognize individuals with an increased susceptibility to cancer
- Medical verification of family history, and resources for patients to record their genetic family histories
- The challenge of family history and adoption
- Family history and assisted reproductive technologies
- Genetic counseling : where to turn, what to expect, and the pedigree as a psychosocial assessment and counseling tool
- Pedigree predicaments