Medical Textbook Detail:

• Hardcover: 592 pages
• Publisher: Humana Press; 2 edition (August 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588293564
• ISBN-13: 978-1588293565
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.9 x 1.2 inches

Medical Textbook Description:
This updated and expanded tutorial guide to molecular diagnostic techniques takes advantage of many new molecular technologies to include both improved traditional methods and totally new methods, some not yet in routine use. The authors offer cutting-edge molecular diagnostics for genetic disease, human cancers, infectious diseases, and identity testing, as well as new insights into the question of quality assurance in the molecular diagnostics laboratory.
Additional chapters address other technologies found in the clinical laboratory that complementary to molecular diagnostic technologies and discuss genetic counseling and the ethical and social issues involved with nucleic acid testing. A value-added compact disk containing a companion e-book version of the book, is included for downloading and use in the reader’s PC or PDA.

The developments and applications of molecular biology for the analysis of nucleic acids in the clinical laboratory is impacting diagnostic testing in an unprecedented manner and changing the way laboratory medicine is practiced. Molecular Diagnostics: For the Clinical Laboratorian provides the background necessary to stay on top of this fast-paced field.

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