MEDICAL GENETICS gives you a unique tour of the new and exciting breakthroughs in the field while paying constant attention to how these advances affect the daily management of patients.After examining the basics of mendelian inheritance and other scientific foundations,you'll focus on the emerging impact of genetics on medical practice with an abundance of Case Studies and clinical examples to illustrate key points.

Preface

1.THE BASICS

2.GENETIC TESTING

3.CHROMOSOMES

4.CANCER

5.AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT CONDITIONS

6.AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDERS

7.X-LINKED INHERITANCE

8.MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDERS

9.CONGENITAL CHANGES

10.DRUG SENSITIVITIES

11.GENETICS AND IMMUNE FUNCTION

12.GENETICS AND COMMON DISEASES

13.INTEGRATING GENETIC KNOWLEDGE INTO MEDICAL PRACTICE

14.TREATMENT

With the exception of mitochondrial DNA,all cellular DNA is found in chromosomes in the nucleus.The DNA in mitochondria more detail in Chapter 8.