Medical Genetics Casebook

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Cardiology Casebook

Advancing age affects vascular structure and function. However, since the aging process varies between men and women, there must be other factors that influence aging. Extensive medical literature describes how vascular function differs in older and younger individuals. Certainly genetics have a major and defining influence on longevity. The question that begs an answer is, do environmental fac...

Finding the heart of medical family therapy: a content analysis of medical family therapy casebook articles.

In an effort to identify the essential ingredients of medical family therapy, a content analysis of 15 peer-reviewed case studies in medical family therapy was conducted. The case studies were published from 1996 to 2007 in Families, Systems, & Health. Through a qualitative content analysis, three main themes emerged that describe the essence of the practice of medical family therapy: (1) The p...

Medical Genetics

symposium begins with a general lecture on the structure of fibrous proteins by G. N. Ramachandran (32 pages) and is then divided into three parts which contain papers on, respectively, the structure of collagen, the chemistry and metabolism of collagen, and the physical chemistry of variously modified collagens. It should be stated at the outset that this book will not fill the need of the bio...

Medical Genetics

Medical Genetics has long been a part of the undergraduate curriculum and is a rapidly increasing component of postgraduate training at all levels, in all specialities. Ian Young has provided a textbook which will delight both undergraduate and postgraduate readers. There are many textbooks which claim to cover essential medical genetic teaching, but many of these are too big, too detailed and ...