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Genetics & inherited conditions / editor, Jeffrey A. Knight.

Contributor(s): Series: Salem health (Pasadena, Calif.)Publication details: Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2010.Description: 3 v. (xxxii, 1366, l p.) : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781587656507 (set : alk. paper)
  • 1587656507 (set : alk. paper)
  • 9781587656514 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
  • 1587656515 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
  • 9781587656521 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
  • 1587656523 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
  • 9781587656538 (v. 3 : alk. paper)
  • 1587656531 (v. 3 : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Genetics and inherited conditions
  • Salem health genetics & inherited conditions
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • QH 430 G328 2010
Contents:
Contents V. 1 Aarskog syndrome-Galactosemia v. 2. Gaucher disease-Ovarian cancer v. 3. Palmoplantar keratoderma- Zellweger syndrome.
Summary: "The latest edition to the Salem Health family, Salem Health: Genetics and Inherited Conditions alphabetically arranges 459 essays on diseases, biology, techniques, methodologies, genetic engineering, biotechnology, ethics, and social issues. Written for nonspecialists by professors and professional medical writers, this comprehensive reference publication will interest health-care consumers, premedical students, public library patrons, and librarians building scientific collections. Designed for the general reader, Salem Health: Genetics and Inherited Conditions is a revised and expanded version of Salem's award-winning Encyclopedia of Genetics, published in 2004. It adds 237 topics new to the encyclopedia, many of them diseases and conditions that are known to be genetic in origin to some degree. In addition, two entries from the last edition were replaced and 79 were heavily revised by experts to bring them up to date. All other previously published entries were reedited and their bibliographies updated with the latest sources. All appendixes were updated by science experts."--Publisher's description.
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Book Open Access Book Open Access Health Sciences Library QZ 50 S163 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available MBAL22010847
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

V. 1 Aarskog syndrome-Galactosemia

v. 2. Gaucher disease-Ovarian cancer

v. 3. Palmoplantar keratoderma- Zellweger syndrome.

"The latest edition to the Salem Health family, Salem Health: Genetics and Inherited Conditions alphabetically arranges 459 essays on diseases, biology, techniques, methodologies, genetic engineering, biotechnology, ethics, and social issues. Written for nonspecialists by professors and professional medical writers, this comprehensive reference publication will interest health-care consumers, premedical students, public library patrons, and librarians building scientific collections. Designed for the general reader, Salem Health: Genetics and Inherited Conditions is a revised and expanded version of Salem's award-winning Encyclopedia of Genetics, published in 2004. It adds 237 topics new to the encyclopedia, many of them diseases and conditions that are known to be genetic in origin to some degree. In addition, two entries from the last edition were replaced and 79 were heavily revised by experts to bring them up to date. All other previously published entries were reedited and their bibliographies updated with the latest sources. All appendixes were updated by science experts."--Publisher's description.

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