Pocket Guide to Gene Level Diagnostics in Clinical Practice

ISBN-13: 9781138430129 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 560 str.

Victor A. Bernstam

Opis

Presents a point-by-point synopsis of the information contained in "CRC Handbook of Gene Level Diagnostics in Clinical Practice". This work is suitable for professionals and students in pathology, biotechnology, biology and medicine.

Recenzje

"...a must-have for all medical professionals...a beautiful job of distilling a tremendous amount of literature into a very concise and readable text. I, for one, will make constant use of the pocket version."
Patricia D. Murphy, Ph.D.
Director of Laboratory Operations, Genica Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Spis treści

PART 1: GENERAL ASPECTS OF GENE LEVEL -- EVALUATION. SURVEY OF TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS -- CHAPTER 1.1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 1.2 A Survey of Newer Gene Probing Techniques -- CHAPTER 1.3 Prenatal Diagnosis -- CHAPTER 1.4 Aging -- CHAPTER 1.5 DNA Repair -- CHAPTER 1.6 Drug Resistance -- CHAPTER 1.7 Metastasis -- PART 2: GENE LEVEL EVALUATION OF SELECTED -- DISORDERS OF THE HEART, LUNG, GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND TUMORS OF THE HEAD AND NECK -- CHAPTER 2.1 Atherosclerosis and Comonary Heart Disease -- CHAPTER 2.2 Gastrointestinal Diseases -- CHAPTER 2.3 Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- CHAPTER 2.4 Pancreas -- CHAPTER 2.5 Cystic Fibrosis -- CHAPTER 2.6 Lung -- CHAPTER 2.7 Tumors of the Head and Neck -- PART 3: GENE LEVEL EVALUATION OF SELECTED -- BREAST, GYNECOLOGIC AND UROLOGIC TUMORS -- CHAPTER 3.1 Breast -- CHAPTER 3.2 Tumors of the Uterine Cervix and Endometrium -- CHAPTER 3.3 Ovarian Neoplasms -- CHAPTER 3.4 Prostrate Neoplasms -- CHAPTER 3.5 Kidney and Urinary Bladder -- CHAPTER 3.6 Wilms' Tumor -- PART 4: GENE LEVEL EVALUATION OF SELECTED -- ENDOCRINE DISORDERS -- CHAPTER 4.1 Diabetes Mellitus -- CHAPTER 4.2 Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders -- CHAPTER 4.3 Adrenal Gland and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 1 and 2 -- PART 5: GENE LEVEL EVALUATION OF SELECTED -- NEUROLOGIC AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS -- CHAPTER 5.1 Muscle, Bone, and Skin Disorders -- CHAPTER 5.2 Neurological and Mental Disorders -- PART 6: GENE LEVEL EVALUATION OF INFECTIOUS -- DISEASES -- CHAPTER 6.1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 6.2 Enteric Pathogens -- CHAPTER 6.3 Respiratory Pathogens -- CHAPTER 6.4 Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- CHAPTER 6.5 Pathogens Causing Multisystem Infections -- CHAPTER 6.6 Pathogens Transmitted by Arthropods -- CHAPTER 6.7 Parasites -- PART 7: SELECTED METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF -- GENE LEVEL EVALUATION IN HEMATOLOGY -- CHAPTER 7.1 Hemoglobinopathies -- CHAPTER 7.2 Coagulopathies -- CHAPTER 7.3 Lymphoid and Myeloid Malignancies -- SUPPLEMENT 1: MANUFACTURERS -- Commercial Sources of Molecular Biological Reagents and Diagnostics -- SUPPLEMENT 2: TESTING LABORATORIES -- Selected Laboratories Offering Testing Services in Molecular Genetics and Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases at the Gene Level -- SUPPLEMENT 3: PCR LICENSEES -- Institutions in the U.S. Licensed by Roche Molecular Systems to Perform Human Diagnostic Services by Polymerase Chain Reaction Technology -- SUPPLEMENT 4: EFFORTS OF PROFESSIONAL -- ORGANIZATIONS -- Medical Genetics: the Current State of the Field -- Quality Assurance in Clinical Laboratory Molecular Pathology Testing -- SUPPLEMENT 5: DNA IN FORENSIC PRACTICE -- DNA: Technology in Forensic Science: Executive Summary -- Legislative Guidelines for DNA Databases -- INDEX.

O autorze

Bernstam, Victor A.