Emery and Rimoin's principles and practice of medical genetics
David L. Rimoin (Editor), Reed E. Pyeritz (Editor), Bruce R. Korf (Editor)
In the three decades that have elapsed since the first edition of this book was published, the field of medical genetics has experienced explosive growth. The rate of change in the science and application of medical genetics that occurred in the period spanning the first through the fifth editions of this book has markedly accelerated. In the 1980s, genetics was viewed by most practitioners as an important but obscure corner of medicine. Now it is widely recognized that virtually all human disorders have a genetic component, and genetics is viewed as the key basic science in uncovering the mysteries of disease pathogenesis
eBook, English, 2013
Academic Press, [San Diego, California], 2013