Introduction to risk calculation in genetic counseling
By: Ian D. Young.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780195305272
Subjects: Genetic counseling; Health risk assessment; Probabilities; Genetic disorders -- Risk factors -- Mathematical models; Genetic Counseling; Risk Assessment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: Genetic counseling and the laws of probability; title: Autosomal dominant inheritance; title: Autosomal recessive inheritance; title: X-linked recessive inheritance; title: The use of linked DNA markers; title: Germline mosaicism; title: Polygenic and multifactorial inheritance; title: Cancer genetics; title: Balanced chromosome rearrangements; title: Other mechanisms of inheritance.