Genomic and Precision Medicine. Primary Care

✍ Scribed by Sean P. David, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg and Huntington F. Willard (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 355
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Genomic and Precision Medicine: Primary Care, Third Edition is an invaluable resource on the state-of-the-art tools, technologies and policy issues that are required to fully realize personalized health care in the area of primary care.

One of the major areas where genomic and personalized medicine is most active is the realm of the primary care practitioner. Risk, family history, personal genomics and pharmacogenomics are becoming increasingly important to the PCP and their patients, and this book discusses the implications as they relate to primary care practitioners.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front-matter,Copyright,List of Contributors,PrefaceEntitled to full textChapter 1 - Genomic Medicine in Primary Care, Pages 1-18, Samuel G. Johnson
Chapter 2 - Overview of Policy, Ethical, and Social Considerations in Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Pages 19-43, Susanne B. Haga
Chapter 3 - Educational Issues and Strategies for Genomic Medicine, Pages 45-58, Jean Jenkins, Laura Lyman Rodriguez
Chapter 4 - Genetic Testing for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, Pages 59-73, Thomas Morgan
Chapter 5 - Health Risk Assessments, Family Health History, and Predictive Genetic/Pharmacogenetic Testing, Pages 75-88, Maria Esperanza Bregendahl, Lori A. Orlando, Latha Palaniappan
Chapter 6 - Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics, Pages 89-107, J. Kevin Hicks, Howard L. McLeod
Chapter 7 - Hypertension, Pages 109-126, Patricia B. Munroe, Helen R. Warren
Chapter 8 - Coronary Artery Disease and Myocardial Infarction, Pages 127-163, Themistocles L. Assimes
Chapter 9 - Lung Cancer, Pages 165-180, Yaron B. Gesthalter, Ehab Billatos, Hasmeena Kathuria
Chapter 10 - Breast Cancer, Pages 181-194, Paul K. Marcom
Chapter 11 - Colorectal Cancer, Pages 195-209, Roland P. Kuiper, Robbert D.A. Weren, Ad Geurts van Kessel
Chapter 12 - Prostate Cancer, Pages 211-230, Wennuan Liu, Rong Na, Carly Conran, Jianfeng Xu
Chapter 13 - Asthma, Pages 231-244, Michael J. McGeachie, Damien C. Croteau-Chonka, Scott T. Weiss
Chapter 14 - Diabetes, Pages 245-282, Miriam S. Udler, Jose C. Florez
Chapter 15 - Metabolic Syndrome, Pages 283-299, Matthew B. Lanktree, Robert A. Hegele
Chapter 16 - Autism Spectrum Disorder, Pages 301-316, Akanksha Saxena, Maria Chahrour
Chapter 17 - Viral Hepatitis, Pages 317-340, Thomas Tu, Keyur Patel, Nicholas A. Shackel
Index, Pages 341-354

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