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Genetics for Surgeons

HatchwellEli

Patrick J Morrison and Roy AJ Spence

Remedica Books1-901-34669-22005

© 2005 Remedica

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Genetics for… series
Preface
Chapter 1 Principles of Genetics for Surgeons
- Changing Times in Modern Surgical Practice
- Investigation of Familial Disease
- Genetic Counseling
- Penetrance
- Expression
- Diagnostic and Presymptomatic Testing
- Practical Approaches to Genetic Testing
Chapter 2 Common Surgical Conditions with a Hereditary Tendency
- Gastrointestinal Tract
- Skin
- Cardiac
- Respiratory
- Hematologic
- Neurologic
Chapter 3 Systemic Cancers (Benign and Malignant Tumors)
- Endocrine
- Breast
- Colon
- Urogenital
- Skin
- Brain
Chapter 4 Topics Surgeons and Anesthetists Should Both Know
- Pheochromocytomas
- Malignant Hyperthermia
- Muscle Diseases (include: Duchenne muscular dystrophy [DMD], central core disease)
- Chloride Ion Channel Disease (includes: myotonia congenita, Thomsen's disease)
- Sodium Ion Channel Disease (includes: paramyotonia congenita, hyperkalemic periodic paralysis [HPP])
- Inherited C1 Esterase Inhibitor Deficiency (includes: hereditary angioneurotic edema)
Appendices
- Further reading
- Glossary
- Abbreviations

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