ISBN:
9780323596558
Copyright:
2020
Publication Date:
11-18-2019
Page Count:
368
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$57.99
Medical Genetics Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition
by Lynn B. Jorde, PhD, John C. Carey, MD, MPH and Michael J. Bamshad, MD
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9780323596558
Copyright:
2020
Publication Date:
11-18-2019
Page Count:
368
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$57.99
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Up to date and extensively revised to reflect recent advances in the genetics of common diseases, as well as current progress in gene therapy, Medical Genetics, 6th Edition, delivers easy-to-read, highly visual coverage of this rapidly changing field. This accessible, practical text integrates key concepts with clinical practice, highlighted by numerous illustrations, tables, concept summaries, and more – all designed to enhance effective learning and retention of complex material.
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Medical Genetics and Genomics - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource
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ISBN: 9780443505898
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- Discusses current topics including polygenic risk scores and their potential applications for diabetes, cancer, and heart disease, and the latest sequencing technologies and their clinical application in genetic testing and diagnosis
- Offers a completely updated discussion of genetic testing modalities and applications
- Includes convenient concept summaries, more than 230 photographs, illustrations, and tables, as well as patient/family vignettes that present valuable perspectives on disease and treatment
- Features Clinical Commentary boxes that demonstrate how the hard science of genetics has real applications to everyday patient problems, preparing you for problem-based integrated courses
- Illustrates key concepts with disease examples to demonstrate relevance to medicine
- Provides study questions for self-assessment, as well as 200 additional USMLE-style questions online
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
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1. Background and History
2. Basic Cell Biology: Structure and Function of Genes and Chromosomes
3. Genetic Variation: Its Origin and Detection
4. Autosomal Dominant and Recessive Inheritance
5. Sex-Linked and Nontraditional Modes of Inheritance
6. Clinical Cytogenetics: The Chromosomal Basis of Human Disease
7. Biochemical Genetics: Disorders of Metabolism
8. Disease-Gene Identification
9. Immunogenetics
10. Genetic Basis of Development
11. Cancer Genetics
12. Multifactorial Inheritance and Common Diseases
13. Genetic Testing and Gene Therapy
14. Genetics and Precision Medicine
15. Clinical Genetics and Genetic Counseling
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