| Reviews |
| - 'This is a wonderful review of medical genetics.' - Doody's Electronic Journal
- 'Our specialty owes Professor Young a great debt for taking responsibility for making our subject accessible and enjoyable in this concise textbook. A remarkable achievement and one which should be warmly commended to all medical students.' - Journal of Medical Genetics
- 'Ian Young has produced a textbook which will delight both undergraduate and postgraduate readers. My one criticism is that it was not available when I needed it as a student.' - Ulster Medical Journal
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| Description | | - Written primarily for medical students with detailed explanations of difficult concepts
- Emphasis throughout on clinical relevance to help medical students understand the clinical skills expected of a doctor
- Orientated towards the relevant core curricula so will be useful for lecturers and course planners
- Includes numerous case histories and anecdotes to make the subject more interesting and relevant
- MCQs in every chapter to help the reader pass examinations
| Medical Genetics: Oxford Core Text
has been designed to provide medical students with an understanding of the basic principles of human genetics as they relate to clinical practice. Taking into account the recent recommendations on teaching from the American and British Societies of Human Genetics, each of the initial chapters focuses on a traditional cornerstone of human genetics
(molecular genetics, cytogenetics, Mendelian inheritance, polygenic inheritance, population genetics) with a major emphasis on clinical relevance. These are followed by consideration of subjects of specific medical importance such as the haemoglobinopathies, developmental genetics, cancer genetics and pharmacogenetics, with due attention to topical and evolving issues such as pharmacogenomics,
gene therapy and therapeutic cloning. The final chapters provide an explanation of the genetically related clinical skills and competencies expected of a medical student, together with an overview of the principles of clinical genetics, a rapidly developing clinical specialty which now impinges on almost every aspect of medical practice.
Over 150 illustrations have been included to
demonstrate important principles and commonly encountered genetic disorders. Each chapter contains a brief review of a major landmark publication to provide a historical context for more contemporary developments. To help sustain the student's interest and to emphasise the potential importance of genetics in medicine, large numbers of clinically related vignettes have been included covering
controversial issues, such as gene patenting and the UK Biobank, together with case histories and brief biographies of famous figures from history and the arts who have suffered from, and successfully coped with, a genetic disorder.
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Readership: Aimed primarily at undergraduate medical students, this book should also appeal to genetic counsellors, and specialist nurses working in clinical genetics.
| Contents |
1.
Gene structure and function
2.
Chromosomes and cell division
3.
Common chromosome disorders
4.
Single-gene (Mendelian) inheritance
5.
Identifying genes for Mendelian diseases
6.
Polygenic inheritance and complex diseases
7.
Genes and populations
8.
Genes and haemoglobin
9.
Genes and development
10.
Genes and cancer
11.
Genes and biochemistry
12.
Genes and drugs and treatment
13.
Clinical skills and scenarios
14.
Applied clinical genetics
Appendices
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Ian D. Young, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Department of Clinical Genetics, Leicester Royal Infirmary
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