Hereditary Diseases. National Guide + CD-ROM

National leadership - the first in Russia series of practical guidelines for the main medical specialties, including all the basic information necessary for the doctor for continuous postgraduate education.
The national leadership of "hereditary diseases" contains up-to-date, modern information about the genome of a person, general issues of medical genetics, clinical genetics. The manual consists of two parts, which outlines theoretical and clinical issues of medical genetics.
The first part presents the latest data on theoretical issues of medical genetics. Information about the organization and functions of genome, genes and chromosomes is set forth in the form-understandable form, but without unnecessary simplification.
In the second part, issues of clinical genetics are presented, namely, methods for the diagnosis of hereditary diseases (from the clinical level before the sequencing of DNA and RNA), the principles of treatment and prevention of individual nosological forms. Since numerous hereditary diseases are described in national guidelines for other specialties, they can find links [see "List of hereditary diseases (syndromes), the description of which is represented in other national guides" on a CD.
The application to the CD management includes an additional chapter, genetic terms, a list of hereditary diseases described in other manuals, a pharmacological directory.
In the preparation of this edition, leading scientists of various specialties were involved in the authors of the compilers and reviewers: genetics, immunologists, neuropathologists, pharmacologists, oncologists and other specialists. All recommendations have passed the stage of independent review.
The guide is intended for genetic doctors, doctors of laboratory genetics, doctors of related specialties, interns, orders, graduate students, especially in such disciplines such as pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, nervous diseases