Emery's Elements of Medical Genetics 13/e - With Student CONSULT Online Access

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Section A: Principles of Human Genetics
The history and impact of genetics in medicine
The cellular and molecular basis of inheritance
Chromosomes and cell division
DNA technology and applications
Developmental genetics
Patterns of inheritance
Mathematical and population genetics
Polygenic and multifactorial inheritance

Section B: Genetics in Medicine
Haemaoglobin 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 counseling
Chromosome disorders
Single gene disorders
Carrier detection and presymptomatic diagnosis
Risk calculation
Prenatal diagnosis of genetic disease
Population screening and community genetics
The human genome project, treatment of genetic disease and gene
therapy
Ethical issues in medical genetics

Appendix: Advice on using the Internet for further genetics research
Glossary