Gardner and Sutherland's chromosome abnormalities and genetic counseling /

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Author / Creator:Gardner, R. J. M., author.
Uniform title:Chromosome abnormalities and genetic counseling
Edition:Fifth edition.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Description:1 online resource (pages.)
Language:English
Series:Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; no. 70
Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; no. 70.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12717927
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Other authors / contributors:Amor, David J., author.
ISBN:9780190871642 (electronic bk.)
0190871644 (electronic bk.)
9780199329007
0199329001
Notes:Preceded by Chromosome abnormalities and genetic counseling / R.J. McKinlay Gardner, Grant R. Sutherland, Lisa G. Shaffer. c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Other form:Original 9780199329007 0199329001
Table of Contents:
  • Elements of medical cytogenetics
  • Chromosome analysis
  • The origins and consequences of chromosome pathology
  • Deriving and using a risk figure
  • Autosomal reciprocal translocations
  • Sex chromosome translocations
  • Robertsonian translocations
  • Insertions
  • Inversions
  • Complex chromosomal rearrangements
  • Autosomal ring chromosomes
  • Rare conditions : centromere fissions, complementary isochromosomes, telomeric fusions, balancing supernumerary chromosomes, neocentromeres, jumping translocations, and chromothripsis
  • Down syndrome, other full aneuploidies, polyploidy, and the influence of parental age
  • Autosomal structural rearrangements : deletions and duplications
  • Sex chromosome aneuploidy and structural rearrangement
  • Chromosome instability syndromes
  • Normal chromosomal variation
  • Uniparental disomy and disorders of imprinting
  • Reproductive failure
  • Prenatal testing procedures
  • Chromosome abnormalities detected at prenatal diagnosis
  • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
  • Chromosomal disorders of sex development
  • Gonadal cytogenetic damage from exposure to extrinsic agents.