Thompson & Thompson genetics in medicine / Robert L. Nussbaum, Roderick R. McInnes, Huntington F. Willard.

• Introduction to the human genome -- The human genome: gene structure and function -- Human genetic diversity: mutation and polymorphism -- Principles of clinical cytogenetics and genome analysis -- The chromosomal and genomic basis of disease: disorders of the autosomes and sex chromosomes -- Patterns of single-gene inheritance -- Complex inheritance of common multifactorial disorders -- Genetic variation in populations -- Identifying the genetic basis for human disease -- The molecular basis of genetic disease : general principles and lessons from the hemoglobinopathies -- The molecular, biochemical, and cellular basis of genetic disease -- The treatment of genetic disease -- Developmental genetics and birth defects -- Cancer genetics and genomics -- Risk assessment and genetic counseling -- Prenatal diagnosis and screening -- Application of genomics to medicine and personalized health care -- Ethical and social issues in genetics and genomics.

Subject headings

Medicinsk genetik  (sao)

Genetics, Medical  (MeSH)

Medical genetics  (LCSH)

Publication and Content Type

RB155 (LCC)

QZ 50 (NLM)

616.042 (DDC)

Vaa (kssb/8 (machine generated))