TY - BOOK AU - Turnpenny, Peter D. AU - Ellard, Sian.;Emery, Alan E. H. TI - Emery's elements of medical genetics SN - 9780702029172 (pbk.) PY - 2007/// CY - Philadelphia, PA PB - Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier KW - Genetics, Medical KW - Genetic Diseases, Inborn N1 - Previous ed.: Edinburgh : Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005; Includes bibliographical references and index; The history and impact of genetics in medicine -- The cellular and molecular basis of inheritance -- Chromosomes and cell division -- DNA technology and applications -- Mapping and identifying genes for monogenic disorders -- Developmental genetics -- Patterns of inheritance -- Mathematical and population genetics -- Polygenic and multifactorial inheritance -- Hemoglobin and the hemoglobinopathies -- Biochemical genetics -- Pharmacogenetics -- Immunogentics -- Cancer genetics -- Genetic factors in common diseases -- Congenital abnormalities and dysmorphic syndromes -- Genetic counseling -- Chromosome disorders -- Single-gene disorders -- Screening for genetic disease -- Prenatal testing and reproductive genetics -- Risk calculation -- Treatment of genetic disease -- Ethical and legal issues in medical genetics ER -