Cases in Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (LGG) Practice

Cases in Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (LGG) Practice instructs readers in the lab-based diagnosis of genetic conditions, including inborn and acquired disorders using cytogenetics and molecular genetics technologies. This entirely case-based book covers a wide range of genetic cases, from prenatal to postnatal and oncology genetic disorders which lab professionals and geneticists encounter daily in the diagnostic field. Each disorder discussed includes a section on clinical background, clinical indication, tests ordered, laboratory tests performed, test results, results with interpretations, future testing and recommendations, and references.

The book will help lab professionals understand and navigate clinical cases using an integrative approach, and thoroughly understand the methodologies and interpretations involved in high complexity genetic testing.

*4 stars* “...addresses the intersection of new genetic and cytogenetic methods in the identification of abnormalities in human hereditary and developmental disease…. This book is the first to explicitly address this merger by providing more than 100 case analyses describing the background, approach, analysis, and interpretation of the various methods used to derive an accurate identification of abnormalities underlying various genetic diseases. The book's purpose is to provide up-to-date training information in laboratory genetics, and it accomplishes this goal admirably…. [The] author has excellent credentials and is an authority in the subject matter…. This is an excellent book....[and] presents its information in a consistent and easily understood manner. For the intended audience, this book is more useful than other recent publications in the same general area.” —©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Mark F. Sanders, PhD (UC Davis College of Biological Sciences)