Genomics and clinical medicine /

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Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 651 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color).
Language:English
Series:Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; 53
Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; no. 53.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11208728
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Other authors / contributors:Kumar, Dhavendra.
Weatherall, D. J.
ISBN:9780199720057
0199720053
9780195188134
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other form:Print version: Genomics and clinical medicine. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195188134
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Summary:An important milestone in medicine has been the recent completion of the Human Genome Project. The identification of 30,000 genes and their regulatory proteins provides the framework for understanding the metabolic basis of disease. This advance has also laid the foundation for a broad range of genomic tools that have opened the way for targeted genetic testing in a number of medical disorders. This book is designed to be the first major text to discuss genomics-based advances in disease susceptibility, diagnosis, prognostication,and prediction of treatment outcomes in various areas of medicine. After building a strong underpinning in the basic concepts of genomics, the authors of this book, all leaders in the field, proceed to discuss a wide range of clinical areas and the applications now afforded by genomic analysis.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 651 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199720057
0199720053
9780195188134