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Genetic Counseling

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  • © 1983

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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 (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Appearances Deceive

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 1-13

  3. Recording a Family Medical History or Pedigree

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 14-17

  4. The Autosomal Dominant Mode of Inheritance

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 18-24

  5. New Mutations and Nonhereditary Cases (Phenocopies and Somatic Mutations)

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 25-35

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

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 36-46

  7. Sex-Linked Modes of Inheritance

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 47-51

  8. How Can Additional Information Be Incorporated into Genetic Risk Calculations?

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 52-70

  9. Chromosomal Aberrations

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 71-92

  10. Malformations Not Subject to a Simple Mode of Inheritance

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 93-105

  11. Prenatal Diagnosis of Genetic Abnormalities and Diseases

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 106-121

  12. Other Diseases Without a Simple Mode of Inheritance

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 122-128

  13. Mental Retardation and Mental Illness

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 129-139

  14. Genetic Prognosis for a Consanguineous Marriage

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 140-147

  15. Exposure to Mutagenic Noxes

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 148-152

  16. Teratogenic Effects During Early Pregnancy

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 153-158

  17. Psychological and Social Considerations

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 159-167

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 169-188
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About this book

This third edition of Genetic Counseling has been thoroughly revised to reflect current practice. In particular, the chapter on prenatal diagnosis (Chapter 10) has been largely rewritten and considerably expanded, reflecting the rapid develop­ ment in this field and its increasing medical importance. This chapter provides a detailed description of the alpha-fetoprotein test and a brief description of ultrasonography for the diagnosis of morphologic defects. Further, we discuss fetoscopy and the sampling of fetal blood with the aid of a fetoscope. In this as in past editions, these descriptions are not meant as working instructions for actual practice, but rather as background for the general practitioner who is dealing with the problems of genetic counseling. We have added a chapter (Chapter 7) on the use of conditional probability (Bayes Principle) for the calculation of more exact specific risk figures. It is true that the daily practice of medicine sees far fewer situations in which these methods can reasonably be applied than some theoreticians like to think. However, the usefulness of these methods has recently increased, especially in cases of X-chromosomal recessive diseases where the termination of a preg­ nancy, if the fetus has been ascertained to be male and if the mother is "most probably" heterozygous, has become more commonplace. With such a trend, the degree of probability must be determined as exactly as possible.

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

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5435-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-90715-4Published: 04 November 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5435-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: 188

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Original German edition published as volume 42 in the series: Heidelberger Taschenbücher

  • Topics: Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, Family, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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