Counseling in medical genetics / Sheldon Reed.

  • Reed, Sheldon C. (Sheldon Clark), 1910-2003.
Date:
[1980], ©1980
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Credit: Counseling in medical genetics / Sheldon Reed. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Contents Preface to the Third Edition vii Foreword ix 1 In the Beginning .... ! 1 2 Our Distant Relatives 5 3 A Philosophy for Counseling 9 4 Diagnosis and Genetic Heterogeneity 29 5 The Physician Discovers the Chromosomes (and Medical Genetics) 33 6 Amniocentesis and Prenatal Diagnosis 47 7 Treatment for Some Genetic Diseases 55 8 A Few Laws 61 9 The Ubiquitous Heterozygote (or, the Common Carrier) .... 69 10 Please Don't Marry A Relative (Consanguinity, Assortative Mating) .- 73 11 Blood Genetics 79 12 Disputed Paternity 89 13 Cystic Fibrosis — A Challenge 93 14 Twins 99 15 Multifactoriallnheritance 105 16 Some Common Multifactorial Diseases: Allergies, Cancer, The Central Nervous System Syndrome (Neural Tube Defects), Circulatory Diseases, Clefts of Lip and Palate, Clubfoot, Congenital Hip Disease, Convulsive Seizures, Diabetes, Duodenal Ulcer, Psoriasis, Pyloric Stenosis Ill 17 Normal Traits: Height and Weight, Skin Color, Intelligence 169 18 Mental Retardation , 181 19 The Psychoses 187 20 The Environment: Radiation and Nuclear Power, the Drug Scene, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Infections (Rubella, etc.) .... 197 21 The Rare Genetic Traits 213 22 Putting the Puzzle Together 219 Literature Cited 225 Index 241 V