Genetic screening and counseling
By: guest editors, Anthony R. Gregg, Joe Leigh Simpson ; consulting editor, William F. Rayburn
Series: Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America -- v. 37, no. 1; Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America -- v. 37, no. 1.
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781455700479; 9781437718430
Subjects: Genetic Counseling; MEDICAL / Perinatology & Neonatology; Genetic Screening; Prenatal diagnosis; Genetic screening; Genetic counseling
Description: "This issue, edited by Anthony Gregg, MD, and Joe Leigh Simpson, MD, is a much needed update of the 2002 issue pertaining to genetic screening and counseling for obstetrician-gynecologists. The purpose of this issue is to assist obstetrician-gynecologists in understanding and applying the concepts of molecular genetics to clinical practice, research, and the provision of health care in the community. In conjunction with genetics counselors, this issue reviews the basics of contemporary prenatal counseling. This issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics on genetics contains all of the current topics of active clinical relevance." - p. [xiii]
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / William F. Rayburn; title: Preface: genetic screening and counseling / Anthony R. Gregg, Joe Leigh Simpson; title: Contemporary genetic counseling / Janice G. Edwards; title: Newborn screening for treatable genetic conditions: past, present and future / Susan Hiraki, Nancy S. Green; title: Spinal muscular atrophy: newborn and carrier screening / Thomas W. Prior; title: Ashkenazi Jewish screening in the twenty-first century / Susan Klugman, Susan J. Gross; title: Carrier screening for cystic fibrosis / Jeffrey S. Dungan; title: Prenatal carrier testing for Fragile X: counseling issues and challenges / Thomas J. Musci, Krista Moyer; title: Applications of array comparative genomic hybridization in obstetrics; title: Gary Fruhman, Ignatia B. Van den Veyver; title: Screening, testing, or personalized medicine: where do inherited thrombophilias fit best? / Peggy Walker, Anthony R. Gregg; title: Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC): clinical features and counseling for BRCA1 and BRCA2, Lynch syndrome, Cowden syndrome, and Li-Fraumeni syndrome / Lee P. Shulman