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1 online resource (1569 pages) |
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Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics |
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Oxford monographs on medical genetics.
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Cover; Contents; PART ONE: GENOMICS IN MEDICINE AND HEALTH-GENERAL; 1. GENES AND GENOMES IN HEALTH AND DISEASE: AN INTRODUCTION; 2. THE HUMAN VARIOME PROJECT AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD; 3. HUMAN GENOMIC VARIATION INITIATIVES IN EMERGING ECONOMIES AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; 4. THE GENOMIC MAP OF POPULATION DIVERSITY IN ASIA; 5. ANCESTRY, DISEASE AND VARIABLE DRUG RESPONSE IN THE GENOMIC ERA; 6. THE NEXT STEPS FOR GENOMIC MEDICINE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD; 7. CONSUMER PERSPECTIVES ON GENOMICS AND HEALTHCARE; 8. TRANSCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON GENETICS AND GENOMICS |
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9. MEDICAL GENETICS AND GENOMICS RESEARCH IN THE MUSLIM WORLD10. THE PROGRESS OF GENOMICS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: RISING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ETHICAL CONCERNS; 11. GENETIC OUTCOMES OF CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES; 12. AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE CONDITIONS AND AUTOZYGOSITY MAPPING; 13. GENETIC CONTRIBUTION TO MALARIA SUSCEPTIBILITY AND RESISTANCE; 14. GLUCOSE 6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY: GENETICS, PHARMACOGENETICS, AND MALARIA SELECTION; 15. INFECTIONS, GENOMICS, AND GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH; 16. MICROBIAL GENOMICS AND GLOBAL HEALTH |
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17. PHARMACOGENETICS AND PHARMACOGENOMICS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD18. NUTRIGENOMIC RESEARCH IN WORLD POPULATIONS; 19. TRANSGENIC FOODS AND NUTRITIONAL HEALTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; 20. THE BURDEN OF GENETIC DISEASE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: THE EXAMPLE OF INHERITED BLOOD DISEASES; 21. HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF INHERITED DISORDERS OF IRON OVERLOAD; 22. INHERITED FACTORS IN DIABETES MELLITUS AND RELATED METABOLIC DISORDERS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD; 23. GLOBAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF GENETIC STUDIES OF OBESITY AND TYPE 2 DIABETES; 24. HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF FAMILIAL HYPERLIPIDEMIA |
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25. GLOBAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF INHERITED RENAL DISEASES26. THE BURDEN OF CONGENITAL ANOMALIES ON GLOBAL HEALTH; 27. INHERITED EYE DISEASES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; 28. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF NEWBORN SCREENING: THE LESSONS FROM THE DEVELOPED WORLD; 29. DIAGNOSTIC GENETIC LABORATORY SERVICES: MODELS FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD; 30. ETHICAL ISSUES ARISING IN MEDICAL GENETICS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; 31. GENETIC AND GENOMIC SERVICES IN EMERGING ECONOMIES OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD; PART TWO: GENOMICS IN MEDICINE AND HEALTH-REGIONAL; AFRICA |
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32. ANTHROPOLOGY AND POPULATION HETEROGENEITY IN NORTH AFRICA33. THE GENETIC LANDSCAPE OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONS; 34. GENETIC DISORDERS IN NORTH AFRICAN POPULATIONS; 35. GENETIC NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES IN TUNISIA; 36. HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES IN AFRICA; 37. THE BURDEN OF BIRTH DEFECTS AND GENETIC DISEASE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; 38. GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEANIC ISLANDS; 39. GENETIC DISORDERS IN MINORITY GROUPS IN SOUTH AFRICA; 40. HEREDITARY DEAFNESS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA; 41. HERITABLE DISORDERS OF THE SKELETON IN SOUTH AFRICA |
| Summary |
Genomics and Health in the Developing World provides detailed and comprehensive coverage of population structures, human genomics, and genome variation--with particular emphasis on medical and health issues--in the emerging economies and countries of the developing world. With sections dedicated to fundamtals of genetics and genomics, epidemiology of human disease, biomarkers, comparative genomics, developments in translational genomic medicine, current and future health strategies related to genetic disease, and pertinent legislative and social factors, this volume highlights the importance o |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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42. HERITABLE DISORDERS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN SOUTH AFRICA |
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Genetic disorders.
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Medical genetics.
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Genomes.
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Genomics.
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Genetic Diseases, Inborn -- epidemiology
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Developing Countries
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Genetics, Medical
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Genomics
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Genetic Diseases, Inborn
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Genome
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Genetic.
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MEDICAL -- Genetics.
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Genetic disorders
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Genomes
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Genomics
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Medical genetics
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| SUBJECT |
Developing countries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037341
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| Subject |
Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kumar, Dhavendra, Contributor
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| LC no. |
2012002317 |
| ISBN |
0195374754 |
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9780195374759 |
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9780199705474 |
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019970547X |
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1280876360 |
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9781280876363 |
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9780199392995 |
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0199392994 |
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9786613717672 |
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6613717673 |
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