Genetics in obstetrics and gynecology
By: Joe Leigh Simpson, Sherman Elias.
Contributors: Elias, Sherman.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
Subjects: Genetics, Medical; Congenital Abnormalities -- genetics; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Prenatal Diagnosis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Chromosomal abnormalities; title: Ch. 2. Molecular and mendelian genetics; title: Ch. 3. Polygenic/multifactorical inheritance; title: Ch. 4. Genetic history-taking and genetic counseling; title: Ch. 5. Genetics of pregnancy loss; title: Ch. 6. Mental retardation and multiple malformation patterns; title: Ch. 7. Pregnancy in women with Mendelian disorders; title: Ch. 8. Common gynecologic disorders; title: Ch. 9. Gynecologic cancer; title: Ch. 10. Disorders of sex differentiation: gonadal abnormalities and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; title: Ch. 11. Abnormal genital development (Male and female pseudohermaphroditism); title: Ch. 12. Sex chromosomal polysomies (47,XXY; 47,XYY; 47,XXX), sex reversed (46,XX) males, and disorders of the male reproductive ducts; title: Ch. 13. Techniques for prenatal diagnosis; title: Ch. 14. Prenatal cytogenetic diagnosis and maternal serum analyte screening; title: Ch. 15. Prenatal diagnosis of mendelian disorders and neural tube defects; title: Ch. 16. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; title: Ch. 17. Prenatal diagnosis by intact fetal cells or cell-free DNA in maternal blood; title: Ch. 18. Ethical and legal issues in reproductive genetics.