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Small Supernumerary Marker Chromosomes (sSMC) [electronic resource] : A Guide for Human Geneticists and Clinicians / by Thomas Liehr.

By: Liehr, Thomas [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012Description: XX, 220 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642207662.Subject(s): Medicine | Human genetics | Medical laboratories | Reproductive Medicine | Biomedicine | Human Genetics | Reproductive Medicine | Laboratory Medicine | CytogeneticsDDC classification: 611.01816 | 599.935 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- Inheritance of sSMC -- Formation of sSMC -- sSMC in genetic diagnostics and counseling -- sSMC known to be correlated with specific syndromes -- Centric sSMC -- Neocentric sSMC by chromosome -- Multiple sSMC -- sSMC additionally to other chromosomal rearrangements -- Complex sSMC -- sSMC and tumor -- Appendix: Patient organizations in connection with sSMC.-Glossary.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Human beings normally have a total of 46 chromosomes, with each chromosome present twice, apart from the X and Y chromosomes in males. Some three million people worldwide, however, have 47 chromosomes: they have a small supernumerary marker chromosome (sSMC) in addition to the 46 normal ones. This sSMC can originate from any one of the 24 human chromosomes and can have different shapes. Approximately one third of sSMC carriers show clinical symptoms, while the remaining two thirds manifest no phenotypic effects. This guide represents the first book ever published on this topic. It presents the latest research results on sSMC and current knowledge about the genotype-phenotype correlation. The focus is on genetic diagnostics as well as on prenatal and fertility-related genetic counseling. A unique feature is that research meets practice: numerous patient reports complement the clinical aspects and depict the experiences of families living with a family member with an sSMC.
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Introduction -- Inheritance of sSMC -- Formation of sSMC -- sSMC in genetic diagnostics and counseling -- sSMC known to be correlated with specific syndromes -- Centric sSMC -- Neocentric sSMC by chromosome -- Multiple sSMC -- sSMC additionally to other chromosomal rearrangements -- Complex sSMC -- sSMC and tumor -- Appendix: Patient organizations in connection with sSMC.-Glossary.

Human beings normally have a total of 46 chromosomes, with each chromosome present twice, apart from the X and Y chromosomes in males. Some three million people worldwide, however, have 47 chromosomes: they have a small supernumerary marker chromosome (sSMC) in addition to the 46 normal ones. This sSMC can originate from any one of the 24 human chromosomes and can have different shapes. Approximately one third of sSMC carriers show clinical symptoms, while the remaining two thirds manifest no phenotypic effects. This guide represents the first book ever published on this topic. It presents the latest research results on sSMC and current knowledge about the genotype-phenotype correlation. The focus is on genetic diagnostics as well as on prenatal and fertility-related genetic counseling. A unique feature is that research meets practice: numerous patient reports complement the clinical aspects and depict the experiences of families living with a family member with an sSMC.

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