The Bedside Dysmorphologist

by William Reardon

Overview

A highly illustrated field guide to dysmorphology, a key area of clinical genetics and a vital competency for all clinicians. Oxford Genetics is a comprehensive, cross-searchable collection of resources offering quick and easy access to Oxford University Press's prestigious genetics texts. Joining Oxford Medicine Online these resources offer students, specialists and clinical researchers the best quality content in an easy-to-access format. Online only benefits include downloading images and figures to PowerPoint and downloading chapters to PDF.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199885237
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/28/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	18 MB
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Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Luis F Escobar, MD, MS (Peyton Manning Children's Hospital)
Description: This is a pocket-sized clinical guide to dysmorphologic symptoms that establishes a correlation between clinical observations and their presentation in common clinical disorders. It is descriptive in nature and provides excellent photographic documentation of clinical features commonly seen by dysmorphologists.
Purpose: The author wants to help clinicians understand the significance of human variation in relation to disease. He summarizes the classic clinical signs in human malformation syndromes and their diagnostic significance. He has done an excellent job of providing a consultation pocket guide that can be carried by clinicians in their daily practice.
Audience: This is an excellent tool for dysmorphologists. Although the author directs this work at early practitioners of genetics, this is a modest but remarkable tool for experienced clinical geneticists as well. Primary care providers may find the information helpful to differentiate between normal features and clinical signs of underlying syndromic disorders. Medical students and physicians in training also would find it useful.
Features: It is organized in anatomic order from head to toe and it describes the most common and obvious observational clinical patterns of dysmorphology. Each entry includes a discussion of the clinical significance associated with pathology or normal variation of the human form. All entries are well documented and include excellent photographic examples.
Assessment: Although there are multiple clinical genetics manuals, Dr. Reardon's work sets itself apart because of its portability. This is an accessible pocket manual that avoids complicated algorithms and is easy to understand. It is a unique contribution with high practical utility for daily use by all clinicians involved in the field of dysmorphology.

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