Introduction to risk calculation in genetic counseling /

In third edition of this clear, reader-friendly guide, the author addresses the challenge of calculations in genetic counseling and demonstrates how risk can be estimated for inherited disorders using a basic knowledge of the laws of probability and their application to clinical problems. The text e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Young, Ian D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Edición:3rd ed.
Temas:
Genetic counseling.
Health risk assessment.
Probabilities.
Genetic disorders > Risk factors > Mathematical models.
Risk assessment.
Genetic Counseling
Risk Assessment
Health Status Indicators
Probability
Conseil génétique.
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation.
Probabilités.
Maladies génétiques > Facteurs de risque > Modèles mathématiques.
Évaluation du risque.
probability.
risk assessment.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Genetic.
MEDICAL > Genetics.
Risk assessment
Genetic counseling
Health risk assessment
Probabilities
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Genetic counseling and the laws of probability
  • Autosomal dominant inheritance
  • Autosomal recessive inheritance
  • X-linked recessive inheritance
  • The use of linked DNA markers
  • Germline mosaicism
  • Polygenic and multifactorial inheritance
  • Cancer genetics
  • Balanced chromosome rearrangements
  • Other mechanisms of inheritance.

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