Research Catalog

Title

Molecular pathology in clinical practice : genetics / editor, Debra G.B. Leonard ; section editors genetics, Karen L. Kaul, Viviana M. van Deerlin [and others].

Publication

New York : Springer, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors

• Leonard, Debra G. B.
• Kaul, Karen L.
• Van Deerlin, Vivianna M.

Description

xiv, 311 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm

Alternative Title

Genetics

Subject

• Medical genetics
• Pathology, Molecular
• Molecular diagnosis
• Genetics, Medical > methods
• Genetic Testing > methods
• Molecular Biology
• Molecular Diagnostic Techniques

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Basics of Molecular Biology / Deborah Ann Payne -- 2. Molecular Pathology Methods / Megan J. Smith-Zagon, Joseph F. Pulliam and Daniel H. Farkas -- 3. Genetic Counseling / Jennifer M. Farmer -- 4. Pedigree Analysis and Risk Assessment / Catherine Walsh Vockley -- 5. Bayesian Analysis / Shuji Ogino and Robert B. Wilson -- 6. Developmental Disabilities / Nancy J. Carpenter, Kristin May, Benjamin Roa and Jack Tarleton -- 7. Neuromuscular Diseases / Thomas W. Prior -- 8. Molecular Genetic Testing for Metabolic Disorders / Lisa Edelmann, Yaping Yang and Ruth Kornreich -- 9. Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor-Related Skeletal Disorders / Peter J. Bridge -- 10. Cystic Fibrosis / Jean A. Amos -- 11. Deafness / Richard J. H. Smith and Guy Van Camp -- 12. Coagulation Disorders / Rajiv K. Pruthi and John A. Heit -- 13. Hematologic Disorders: Hemochromatosis, Hemoglobinopathies and Rh Incompatibility / Daniel B. Bellissimo -- 14. Cardiovascular Disease / Anant Khositseth and Michael J. Ackerman -- 15. Neurodegenerative Disorders / Nicholas T. Potter -- 16. Skin and Connective Tissue Disorders / James C. Hyland -- 17. Inherited Breast Cancer / Wendy S. Rubenstein -- 18. Familial Adenomatous Polyposis and Turcot and Peutz-Ieghers Syndromes / Holly L. Neibergs and Amy T. Massey -- 19. Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer / Erik C. Thorland and Stephen N. Thibodeau -- 20. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes / Barbara Zehnbauer -- 21. The Neurofibromatoses / Karen Stephens -- 22. TP53 Mutation and Li-Fraumeni Syndrome / Sydney D. Finkelstein and Frank S. Lieberman -- 23. Von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Catherine Stolle -- 24. Parentage and Relationship Testing / Herbert F. Polesky -- 25. Molecular Pathology Laboratory Management / Hanna Rennert and Debra G. B. Leonard -- 26. From Research to Clinical Practice / Karen Snow-Bailey.

ISBN

• 9780387873732 (pbk.)
• 0387873732 (pbk.)
• 0387873740 (ebk.)
• 9780387873749 (ebk.)

OCLC

• ocn305127427
• 305127427
• SCSB-5454495

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries