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Genetic Counseling

A Guide for the Practicing Physician

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  • © 1969

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Authors:
  1. Walter Fuhrmann
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  2. Friedrich Vogel
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Part of the book series: Heidelberg Science Library (HSL)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Appearances Deceive

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 1-11

  3. Recording a Familial Medical History or Pedigree

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 11-16

  4. The Autosomal Dominant Mode of Inheritance

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 16-23

  5. New Mutations and Phenocopies

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 23-34

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

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 34-46

  7. Sex-Linked Modes of Inheritance

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 47-52

  8. Chromosome Aberrations

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 52-67

  9. Malformations Not Subject to a Simple Mode of Inheritance

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 67-77

  10. Other Diseases Without a Simple Mode of Inheritance

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 77-79

  11. Oligophrenia and Mental Illness

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 79-87

  12. The Genetic Prognosis for a Consanguinous Marriage

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 87-94

  13. The Human Element

    • Walter Fuhrmann, Friedrich Vogel
    Pages 95-98

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 99-106
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"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" In medicine the truth of this statement is so self-evident that it is simply taken for granted; and yet it has become mere lip-service for many a doctor, since his work is almost exclusively concerned with the treatment of those who are already ill. This applies not only to the treatment of patients but even more to that of entire families. Many doctors are as yet unaware that the appearance of serious, sometimes fatal diseases can be avoided by preventing the concep­ tion of sick human beings. Our knowledge of genetics permits the relatively accurate prediction, based on statistical probability, of the recurrence of genetic defects (anomalies) and diseases within families. Our patients are frequently aware that such predictions are pos­ sible. In an effort to prevent the birth of defective children they try to inform themselves. However, in the practice of the individual doctor this sort of inquiry does not occur with such frequency that he is forced to concern himself systematically with these problems.

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