Essential Medical Genetics 5e (Essentials)

by Connor (Author)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $3.27

  Essential Medical Genetics gives a balanced introduction to the basic principles of genetics and how it is applied to the understanding and treatment of diseases with a genetic component. Divided into two sections, basic principles and clinical applications, it covers the information that medical students are taught at preclinical and clinical level. This book has been written for those whom an understanding of modern medical genetics is important in their practice as clinicians, scientists, councellors and teachers.

• Used

  Paperback
  1990

  $3.27

  The book has been extensively revised for this new edition, but retains its basic format which fits the pre-clinical and clinical courses at medical school. The first half of the book covers the basic principles of human genetics including chromosomes, sex-linked inheritance and population genetics while the second part covers clinical applications including genetic assessment and counselling, genetic disorders and pre-natal diagnosis. This book is intended for pre-clinical and clinical medical students, dental students, obstetricians, gynaecologists, pharmacologists, medical laboratory scientists, cell biologists and biochemists.