Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation: Expert Consult - Online and Print

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Elsevier Health Sciences, Sep 6, 2013 - Medical - 979 pages

Smith’s Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation has long been known as the source to consult on multiple malformation syndromes of environmental and genetic etiology as well as recognizable disorders of unknown cause. This esteemed medical reference book provides you with complete and authoritative, yet accessible guidance to help accurately diagnose these human disorders, establish prognoses, and provide appropriate management and genetic counseling.

  • Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability.
  • Recognize the visual signs of each environmental and genetic abnormality by consulting more than 1,500 full-color photographs and illustrations, many from the personal collections of Drs. Smith and Jones.
  • Find all the answers you need about normal and abnormal morphogenesis, minor anomalies and their relevance, clinical approaches to specific diagnoses, and normal standards of measurement for the entire spectrum of human malformation syndromes.
  • Efficiently identify genetic disorders in your patients with the inclusion of nearly 20 recently recognized entities/syndromes, as well as new chapters on Microdeletions and Microduplication Syndromes.
  • Available digitally for the first time! You can now access Smith’s as an eBook or online at Expert Consult.

 

Contents

Introduction Dysmorphology Approach and Classification
1
1 Recognizable Patterns of Malformation
7
2 Morphogenesis and Dysmorphogenesis
857
3 Genetics Genetic Counseling and Prevention
869
5 Normal Standards
913
Appendix Pattern of Malformation Differential Diagnosis by Anomalies
941
Index
991
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