Thompson and Thompson Genetics in Medicine

by James S. Thompson and Margaret W. Thompson

Book Overview

Presents the classical principles of human genetics as applied to medicine as well as a new emphasis on molecular genetics and the treatment of genetic disease. Includes new, updated chapters on chromosomes, gene mapping and the human genome project, molecular basis of disease, and genetics of cancer. It presents three new appendices on chromosome banding ISCN diagrams, CHI square, and the Lod score table. Updated problems and answers are available...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721628176
• ISBN13: 9780721628172
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excelent

This book exceeded my expectations; I bought used but it was in excelent condition, great acquisition.

Fast delivery

The book came in three days after I ordered it and in pretty fair condition. I am satisfactory with the service.

Great for giving clinical relevance for genetic disorders

I didn't use T and T very often in my first year genetics class for medical school. That's probably b/c the expectations in the class weren't very high and we didn't need to reference a textbook often. But now that I am studying for USMLE boards Step I, I am happy that I have this book. The middle of the book offers thirty-three clinical case studies, which hit most of the big time genetic diseases. I enjoy reading the clinical vignette for each case. Furthermore, T and T does a good job at summarizing etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and management for each of these 33 diseases. So if you need a genetics book for a class, and you know you'll be studying for boards in the future, this might be a good book for your needs.

If you had one general genetics book, this would be it.

Thompson and Thompson is in my opinion, the best book of its kind out there. Many general texts have popped up in the last five or ten years that try to cover medical genetics broadly (a large topic of course) but T & T is the best. A more recent edition would be nice.