Gardner and Sutherland's chromosome abnormalities and genetic counseling / R.J. McKinlay Gardner, David J. Amor.

Preceded by Chromosome abnormalities and genetic counseling / R.J. McKinlay Gardner, Grant R. Sutherland, Lisa G. Shaffer. c2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Elements of medical cytogenetics -- Chromosome analysis -- The origins and consequences of chromosome pathology -- Deriving and using a risk figure -- Autosomal reciprocal translocations -- Sex chromosome translocations -- Robertsonian translocations -- Insertions -- Inversions -- Complex chromosomal rearrangements -- Autosomal ring chromosomes -- Rare conditions : centromere fissions, complementary isochromosomes, telomeric fusions, balancing supernumerary chromosomes, neocentromeres, jumping translocations, and chromothripsis -- Down syndrome, other full aneuploidies, polyploidy, and the influence of parental age -- Autosomal structural rearrangements : deletions and duplications -- Sex chromosome aneuploidy and structural rearrangement -- Chromosome instability syndromes -- Normal chromosomal variation -- Uniparental disomy and disorders of imprinting -- Reproductive failure -- Prenatal testing procedures -- Chromosome abnormalities detected at prenatal diagnosis -- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis -- Chromosomal disorders of sex development -- Gonadal cytogenetic damage from exposure to extrinsic agents.