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To Test or Not To Test : A Guide to Genetic Screening and Risk /
Tests are a standard part of modern medicine. We willingly screen our blood, urine, vision, and hearing, and submit to a host of other exams with names so complicated that we can only refer to them by their initials: PET, ECG, CT, and MRI. Genetic tests of our risks for disease are the latest trend...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
[2008]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Important Note
- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Genetic Tests Are Different
- CHAPTER TWO. A Brief Overview of Susceptibility-Gene Testing
- CHAPTER THREE. Am I at a Higher Risk for This Disease than Other People?
- CHAPTER FOUR. Will the Test Give Me Useful Information?
- CHAPTER FIVE. Is This the Right Time in My Life to Be Taking This Test?
- CHAPTER SIX. Will the Advantages Gained from Having the Genetic Information Outweigh the Disadvantages?
- CHAPTER SEVEN. Decisions, Decisions
- CHAPTER EIGHT. Deciding about Other Types of Genetic Tests
- CHAPTER NINE. The Future of Genetic Medicine
- Appendix. A Brief Introduction to Genetics
- Glossary
- Resources
- Index
- About the Author