ABC of Clinical Genetics Helen M. Kingston

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Helen M Kingston
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Primary Care
This ever popular introduction to clinical genetics has been extensively
rewritten and enlarged to reflect the enormous advances that have been
made in recent years.
New information is included in this edition on:
• genetic services 
• genetic assessment and counselling
• single gene disorders
• cancer genetics
• DNA technology and molecular analysis
• gene therapy
• the inter net and human genetics
This is an ideal basic text on clinical genetics. It covers all the issues that
family doctors, obstetricians, paediatricians and other practitioners need 
to know, and are likely to be asked by families, from the scientific basis of
inheritance to discussion of the specific disorders.
Using the winning ABC formula of concise explanation enhanced with
extensive illustrations and written by authoritative workers in the medical
genetics field, this is an invaluable reference that is relevant worldwide.
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ABC
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CLINICAL GENETICS
Helen M Kingston
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