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A type of family tree with the parents occupying the centre space surrounded by their progeny with each of the figures appearing to be suffering from some kind of deformity. Engraving.

People should be open and candid with their doctors about hereditary illnesses, so that the German state can act to eliminate them. Colour lithograph, 1933/1945.

Healthy parents with healthy children, representing benefits of the National Socialist policy on the struggle against inherited diseases. Colour lithograph after F.Th. Würbel, 1936.

Bitter inheritance. The Costello family.

Genome-based diagnostics : clarifying pathways to clinical use : workshop summary / Steve Olson and Adam C. Berger, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Proteomics.

Arab genetic disorders : a layman's guide / Ernest L. Abel.

Des maladies héréditaires : thèse présentée au concours pour l'agrégation (section de médecine légale) et soutenue a la Faculté de Médecine de Paris / par M.J. Luys.

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Bitter inheritance. The Costello family.

Genome-based diagnostics : clarifying pathways to clinical use : workshop summary / Steve Olson and Adam C. Berger, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Proteomics.

Arab genetic disorders : a layman's guide / Ernest L. Abel.

Des maladies héréditaires : thèse présentée au concours pour l'agrégation (section de médecine légale) et soutenue a la Faculté de Médecine de Paris / par M.J. Luys.