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Genetic Counseling

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  • © 1976

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Authors:
  1. Walter Fuhrmann

    1. Institut für Humangenetik, Giessen, West Germany

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  2. Friedrich Vogel

    1. Institut für Anthropologie und Humangenetik, Heidelberg, West Germany

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Appearances Deceive

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 1-11

  3. Recording a Family Medical History or Pedigree

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 12-16

  4. The Autosomal Dominant Mode of Inheritance

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 17-24

  5. New Mutations and Phenocopies

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 25-36

  6. The Autosomal Recessive Mode of Inheritance and Tests for the Detection of Heterozygotes

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 37-53

  7. Sex-Linked Modes of Inheritance

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 54-59

  8. Chromosome Aberrations

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 60-79

  9. Malformations Not Subject to a Simple Mode of Inheritance

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 80-90

  10. Prenatal Diagnosis

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 91-94

  11. Other Diseases Without a Simple Mode of Inheritance

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 95-98

  12. Oligophrenia and Mental Illness

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 99-107

  13. The Genetic Prognosis for a Consanguinous Marriage

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 108-115

  14. Exposure to Mutagenic Noxes

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 116-120

  15. Teratogenic Effects During Early Pregnancy

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 121-123

  16. The Human Element

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 124-128

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 129-138
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About this book

viii From discussions with our colleagues, we know that they recognize the problems and worry about them, but simply do not have the time to thoroughly study the highly specialized genetic literature available. This book is an attempt to fill this void. We have made an effort to keep it as short and clear as possible and to limit it to the important and most frequent genetic abnor­ malities. In particular, we have tried to take into consid­ eration the difficulties of the average student in under­ standing genetic logic and to eliminate the most common errors. This guide is not designed to provide more than basic information. No reader will arise from the study of this volume as an expert genetic counselor. That requires, in this as in all other sciences, knowledge of the highly spe­ cialized literature as well as extensive experience. Some geneticists therefore take the position that the general practitioner (or specialist in any other field of medicine) cannot possibly give proper genetic counsel to his patients. Because he is not a genetics expert, he should, without exception, refer all such cases to the geneticist. This point of view would condemn this guide as potentially more harmful than helpful in that it might increase the cases of well-meaning error as well as encouraging those who are not competent in this field to deal with problems which are beyond their capacity. We, obviously, do not share this pessimistic standpoint.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Humangenetik, Giessen, West Germany

    Walter Fuhrmann

  • Institut für Anthropologie und Humangenetik, Heidelberg, West Germany

    Friedrich Vogel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Genetic Counseling

  • Authors: Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel

  • Series Title: Heidelberg Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9986-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1976

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-9986-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0073-1595

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: 138

  • Additional Information: Original German edition published as Band 42 of the series: Heidelberger Taschenbücher

  • Topics: Internal Medicine, Biochemistry, general, Human Genetics

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