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Your Genes, Your Health : a Critical Family Guide That Could Save Your Life.
New advances in genetics have dramatically expanded our ability to avoid, prevent, diagnose, and treat a wide range of disorders. Now, more than ever, families need to know about these new discoveries, especially as there are some 7,000 rare genetic diseases that afflict about 1 in 12 of us. In Your...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Why and What You Should Know; 2. Too Many or Too Few Chromosomes; 3. X's and Y's: The Sex Chromosomes; 4. Chromosome Rearrangements; 5. Blueprints: You and Your Genes; 6. How Genes are Transmitted; 7. Prenatal Diagnosis; 8. When Good Cells Go Wrong; 9. Matters of the Heart; 10. Consequences of Failure to Diagnose; 11. Genes Gone Missing; 12. Earlier and More Severe Genetic Disorders; 13. The Determination to Have a Healthy Child; 14. Irrevocability and Acceptance; 15. Ancestral Genetic Burdens; 16. Puzzling Fevers; 17. Bleeding and Clotting.
- 18. Blood Vessels that Burst19. Brain Connections and Disconnections; 20. Skin: A Mirror to the Brain; 21. Genes with Signatures; 22. Maternal Inheritance and Inevitability; 23. Harmful Maternal Effects on the Fetus; 24. Patterns of Anomalies; 25. Treatment Options; 26. Sugar and Metals; 27. Obesity: A Weighty Burden; 28. Hypertension; Frequently Asked Questions; Appendix 1: Cancer Susceptibility Syndromes for which Preimplantation Genetic Diagnoses have been Performed; Appendix 2: Selected Single-Gene Disorders with Germline Mosaicism.
- Appendix 3: Genetic Diseases in which Dynamic Mutations with Triplet Repeat Expansions do OccurAppendix 4: Selected Genetic Disorders with Anticipation or Suspected Anticipation; Appendix 5: Guidelines for the Molecular Genetics Predictive Test in Huntington Disease; Appendix 6: Genetic Disorders in which Dilatation of the Aorta May Occur; Appendix 7: Examples Of Imprinting in Genetic Disorders; Appendix 8: Genetic Resources And Support Organizations; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.