New clinical genetics/
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bloxham, Oxfordshire:
Scion,
c2007
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Table of Contents:
- What can we learn from a family history?
- How can a patient's chromosomes be studied? - How do genes work?
- How can a patient's DNA be studied?
- How can we check a patient's DNA for gene mutations?
- What do mutations do?
- What is epigenetics?
- How do genes affect our metabolism, drug responses and immune system?
- How do researchers identify genes for mendelian diseases?
- Why are some conditions common and others rare?
- When is screening useful?
- Is cancer genetic?
- Should we be testing for genetic susceptibility to common diseases?
- What can we do about genetic disease?