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Harper's Practical Genetic Counselling, Eighth Edition
Clarke, Angus
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Previous ISBN (13): 9780340990698 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Doody’s Core Title Rating: 3.0 [Clinical Genetics] Affiliation: Cardiff University, UK Cardiff University, Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK Cardiff University, Wales College of Medicine, UK Car Audience: Professional and scholarly
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Synopsis:
'Easy to use, and useful when kept close at hand in the room where you work. The book is a pleasure to read: the style elegant and authoritative.' Lancet '...this book is a wonderful reference to enable primary physicians to be informed about their patients.' Annals of Internal Medicine Universally used across the world by genetic counsellors, medical geneticists and clinicians alike, Harper's Practical Genetic Counselling has established itself as the essential guide to counselling those at risk from inherited disorders. Increasingly, common disorders are known to have a genetic component and this book provides invaluable and up to date guidance through the profusion of new information in this area and the associated psychosocial and ethical considerations and concerns. Within its established, tried and trusted framework, the book contains new chapters on: laboratory methods, new genetic sequencing techniques and the applications of genome-wide SNP association studies, genetic susceptibility, cross cultural aspects and the genetic counselling process. It has expand chapters on genetic screening and screening of newborn, treatment techniques and rational approaches to treatment, non-Mendelian inheritance, free fetal DNA in prenatal screening and diagnosis.
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