UID:
almafu_9958129889102883
Format:
xxvii, 355 pages :
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illustrations
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-118-20981-8
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1-282-49171-7
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9786612491719
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0-470-56824-0
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0-470-56825-9
Content:
Helps you develop and assess pedigrees to make diagnoses, evaluate risk, and counsel patients The Second Edition of The Practical Guide to the Genetic Family History not only shows how to take a medical-family history and record a pedigree, but also explains why each bit of information gathered is important. It provides essential support in diagnosing conditions with a genetic component. Moreover, it aids in recommending genetic testing, referring patients for genetic counseling, determining patterns of inheritance, calculating risk of disease, making decisions for medical mana
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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The Practical Guide to the Genetic Family History; Contents; Illustrations and Tables; Foreword; Preface; 1. The Language of the Pedigree; 2. Practical Inheritance; 3. Getting to the Roots: Recording the Family Tree; 4. Directed Medical-Genetics Family History Questions: Separating the Trees from the Forest; 5. Using a Pedigree to Recognize Individuals with an Increased Susceptibility to Cancer; 6. Medical Verification of Family History, and Resources for Patients to Record Their Genetic Family Histories; 7. The Challenge of Family History and Adoption
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8. Family History and Assisted Reproductive Technologies9. Genetic Counseling: Where to Turn, What to Expect, and the Pedigree as a Psychosocial Assessment and Counseling Tool; 10. Pedigree Predicaments; Glossary; A.1. Handy Reference Tables of Pedigree Nomenclature; A.2. Sample Clinical Pedigree Form; A.3. Sample Genetic Screening Form for Familial Cancer Risk Assessment; A.4. Sample Adoption Medical-Family History Form; A.5. The Genetics Library; A.6. Genetics in Practice: Five Case Studies; A.7. List of Genetic Disorders, Gene Symbols and Names, and Patterns of Inheritance; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-470-04072-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470568248
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470568248
