The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gersen, Steven L. (Editor), Keagle, Martha B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2005.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Pathology.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.

In this thoroughly revised and expanded edition of a highly praised classic, The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics, a panel of hands-on experts update their survey of the basic concepts and interpretations involved in chromosome analysis to include the many advances that have occurred in the field...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Concepts and Background
• History of Clinical Cytogenetics
• DNA, Chromosomes, and Cell Division
• Human Chromosome Nomenclature
• Examining and Analyzing Chromosomes
• Basic Laboratory Procedures
• The Fundamentals of Microscopy
• Quality Control and Quality Assurance
• Instrumentation in the Cytogenetics Laboratory
• Clinical Cytogenetics
• Autosomal Aneuploidy
• Structural Chromosome Rearrangements
• Sex Chromosomes and Sex Chromosome Abnormalities
• Cytogenetics of Infertility
• Prenatal Cytogenetics
• Cytogenetics of Spontaneous Abortion
• Chromosome Instability
• Cancer Cytogenetics
• Cytogenetics of Hematologic Neoplasms
• Cytogenetics of Solid Tumors
• Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
• Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
• Beyond Chromosomes
• Fragile X
• Genomic Imprinting and Uniparental Disomy
• Genetic Counseling.