Overview

Over the past decade, medical genetics has emerged as an important and powerful medical speciality with increasing appreciation of its role and function among the medical specialities. This emergence is related to a great extent to the progress in the Human Genome Project which promises wide ranging applications in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human diseases Nevertheless, discussions about the role of genetics in preventive medicine and public health rightfully lead to ethical, legal and social concerns about general applicability of genetic testing in the population. The interpretation of the word prevention in the context of genetic diseases leads to the unavoidable discussions of genetic engineering, prenatal diagnosis and selective termination, as well as broader concerns about discrimination in health care coverage, employment and in society.

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Author:   Marlene A Horry
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   1.004kg
ISBN:  

9781594544897

ISBN 10:   1594544891
Pages:   305
Publication Date:   13 August 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Progress of Medical Genetics: From Clincal Definition to Genomic Interaction; Molecular Markers of Congenital Heart Disease; Advances in the Pre-clinical Diagnosis of Malignant Hyperthermia; Genetic Aspects and Abnormalities of Sex Differentiation; Hearing Impairment, Undescended Testis, Circumferential Skin Creases and Mental Handicap (HITCH) Syndrome and Michelin Tire Baby Syndrome; Application of Body Composition Assessment to the Association Between Obesity and Knee Osteoarthritis; Genetics of Autism with Emphasis on Affected Females; Genetics and Surgery of Intersexual Conditions: Review of the Literature and Our Experience; Telomere Capture-Examples and Models: Implications for Capture of the Finding of Chromosome Loops in G1(non-cycling)Mitotic Cells; The Mutation Spectrum of the Lamin A/C Gene(LMNA): A Single Gene - Multiple Diseases; The Possible Role of Immune Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Hereditary Demyelinating Polyneuropathies; Index.

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