Article
From the clinic to the research laboratory. The role of the clinician in molecular genetic studies.
Archives of dermatology - 1 Nov 1993
Palmer S E, Stephens K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The first physician to examine a patient with a genetic disorder or birth defect is usually a specialist in a field other than genetics. The presentation of certain categories of patients of particular interest to molecular genetics research may be distinct. The recognition of these patients by clinicians is fundamental to the study of genetic disorders at the DNA level. OBSERVATIONS:...
Topics
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Mapping
- DNA
- DNA Probes
- Gene Deletion
- Genes, Neurofibromatosis 1
- Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Genetic Linkage
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Molecular Biology