Medical genetics : its application to speech, hearing, and craniofacial disorders / Nathaniel H. Robin ; foreword by Robert J. Shprintzen ; contributors, Marni J. Falk [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robin, Nathaniel, author.

Shprintzen, Robert J., author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Falk, Marni J., contributor.

Series:

Genetics and Communication Disorders Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, California ; Oxford, [England] ; Brisbane, [Queensland] : Plural Publishing Inc., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book covers the whole field of medical genetics from a general overview of the profession to details of effective treatment of patients with common and esoteric genetic disorders-including birth defects, hearing loss, oro-facial clefting, craiosynostosis, and much more. Crucially, as issues surrounding breakthroughs in understanding and development of new technologies in genetics have risen to the fore of the cultural consciousness, he gives coverage to the many ethical questions raised.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Genetics Professionals: An Overview; Chapter 3. Genetic Inheritance: Mendelian, Non-Mendelian, and Multifactorial; Chapter 4. The Evaluation of the Patient with a Congenital Anomaly; Chapter 5. Classification of Birth Defects; Chapter 6. Genetic Testing: Cytogenetics, Biochemical Genetics, and Molecular Genetics; Chapter 7. Ethical Issues in Genetic Testing; Chapter 8. Genetic Counseling and Your Practice; Chapter 9. Genetics and Hearing Loss; Chapter 10. Craniofacial Genetics I

Chapter 11. Craniofacial Genetics IIIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59756-846-5

OCLC:

760070179