The New Genetics and Clinical Practice
2nd Edition
Published on 27. February 1986
Book
Paperback/Softback
214 pages
978-0-19-261489-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book is designed to introduce non-specialist readers to this rapidly moving field and to give them some insights into its exciting future potential.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
55figs.31tabs.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-261489-6 (9780192614896)
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Content
What is the new genetics?; The frequency and clinical spectrum of genetic diseases; How genes work and how they can be examined by tools of the new genetics; The molecular pathology of single gene disorders; The molecular pathology of complex gene systems: immunology, cancer and metabolism; Practical applications: the prevention of genetic disease; Practical applications: the treatment of genetic disease; The implications of the new genetics for clinical practice in the future; Ethical issues and related problems arising from the applications of the new genetics to clinical practice.