Genetics of Complex Disease - Softcover

Donaldson, Peter; Daly, Ann; Ermini, Luca; Bevitt, Debra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815344910 ISBN 13: 9780815344919

Verlag: Garland Science, 2015

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Genetics of Complex Disease examines how the identification of genetic variations that increase or reduce the risk of common, genetically complex, diseases can be used to improve our understanding of the pathology of many common diseases; enable better patient management and care; and help with differential diagnosis.  It starts with the questions of "what", "why" and "how," and continues with more specific topics such as HLA and immunogenetics, pharmacogenetics, cancer, and diabetes. It finishes with a discussion of ethical issues, and looks to future developments. Genetics of Complex Disease is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the biomedical sciences and medicine.

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The Genetics of Complex Disease is a concise text for final year undergraduate and first year graduate students. Healthcare professionals and other biomedical scientists trying to come to grips with the impact of new genetics research will also find the book useful.
After explaining genetic variation and defining complex diseases, the next three chapters explain how and why complex diseases are investigated (including a chapter on statistics).The text then concentrates on selected areas where there is strong evidence for the genes/alleles involved: the MHC, infectious diseases, pharmacogenetics, cancer, and diabetes. The important ethical, social, and personal consequences raised by increasing knowledge of the genetics of complex diseases are covered in a way that offers the reader the chance to think and reflect. The final chapter discusses the technology involved.

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• Verlag: Garland Science
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0815344910
• ISBN 13: 9780815344919
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 450