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The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics - Extra Materials - Springer

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Contents<br />

Preface .....................................................................................................................................v<br />

Preface to First Edition ........................................................................................................ vii<br />

Contributors........................................................................................................................... xi<br />

eBook/PDA Instructions ..................................................................................................... xiii<br />

Section I Basic Concepts and Background.......................................... 1<br />

1 History <strong>of</strong> <strong>Clinical</strong> <strong>Cytogenetics</strong><br />

Steven L. Gersen ........................................................................................................... 3<br />

2 DNA, Chromosomes, and Cell Division<br />

Martha B. Keagle ......................................................................................................... 9<br />

3 Human Chromosome Nomenclature: An Overview and Definition <strong>of</strong> Terms<br />

Avirachan Tharapel ................................................................................................... 27<br />

Section II Examining and Analyzing Chromosomes........................ 59<br />

Editors’ Foreword<br />

Steven L. Gersen and Martha B. Keagle .................................................................. 61<br />

4 Basic Laboratory Procedures<br />

Martha B. Keagle and Steven L. Gersen .................................................................. 63<br />

5 <strong>The</strong> Fundamentals <strong>of</strong> Microscopy<br />

Christopher McAleer .................................................................................................. 81<br />

6 Quality Control and Quality Assurance<br />

Michael Watson and Steven L. Gersen ..................................................................... 93<br />

7 Instrumentation in the <strong>Cytogenetics</strong> Laboratory<br />

Steven L. Gersen and Lotte Downey ....................................................................... 113<br />

Section III <strong>Clinical</strong> <strong>Cytogenetics</strong> ...................................................... 131<br />

8 Autosomal Aneuploidy<br />

Jin-Chen C. Wang .................................................................................................... 133

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