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Birth Defects: Addendum A Clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, genetic counselling and prevention of common birth defects

Birth Defects: Addendum A Clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, genetic counselling and prevention of common birth defects

This learning resource is an addendum outlining clinical features, diagnosis,treatment, genetic counselling, and prevention of common birth defectsfor an open textbook.  Birth Defects was written for healthcare workers who look after individuals with birth defects, their families, and women who are at increased risk of giving birth to an infant with a birth defect. This book is being used in the Genetics Education Programme which trains healthcare workers in genetic counselling in South Africa. It covers: modes of inheritance, medical genetic counselling, birth defects due to chromosomal abnormalities, single gene defects, teratogens, multifactorial inheritance

Keywords:
healthoer, chromosomal abnormalities, modes of inheritance, down syndrome, birth defects, recessive inheritance, multifactorial inheritance, Oculocutaneous albinism, medical genetic counselling, genetic councelling, single gene defects, teratogens, haemophilia, africaoer, birth defect, dominant inheritance, taratogent constraints
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Material Type:
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Date Added to MERLOT:
May 3, 2012
Date Modified in MERLOT:
June 10, 2019
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OER Africa
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College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
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English
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