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Medical genetics
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Date: 2010-02-22 18:46:25
Medical genetics is the medical specialty that studies heredity among individuals and genetic causes of diseases.
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Date: 2010-02-22 18:46:56
The work of medical genetics is to first study the presence of disease in families. This helps to anticipate and thus prevent the unborn.
We talk about genetic diagnosis. It uses all of the clinical manifestations to find signs of a genetic disease in a patient, it also uses medical biology with disciplines such as cytogenetics, or tools such as amniocentesis and various techniques of genetic analysis to detect abnormalities in the chromosomes or genes.