Human cytogenetics / John L. Hamerton.

  • Hamerton, John L. (John Laurence)
Date:
1971
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: Human cytogenetics / John L. Hamerton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    14/576 (page X)
    x foreword has adopted the symbolic designation of the human karyotype and shorthand notation devised by the Chicago Conference. He has been able to draw heavily on the results recorded over the years from clinical and survey cytological studies performed in the Paediatric Research Unit at Guy's Hospital. When faced with clinical descriptions and with the problems and difficulties of clinical terminology and classification, Dr. Hamerton has, in my opinion, succeeded in presenting a balanced view. Possibly not every clinical worker will agree with every statement made in this work, but the author has given references to a sufficient number of original works and reviews to allow the reader to make up his own mind on controversial issues. At the same time he has set out to provide a good deal of the fundamental theoretical and practical considerations on which the more applied aspects of human cytogenetics, with its host of clinical implications, must be based if the subject is not to be a sterile listing of deviant events. This book has been carefully planned and well written. I am con¬ fident that it will prove useful not only to the student of human genetics but also to those clinicians whose work brings them in close contact with, and who require an explanation of, cytogentic principles and facts, and who need a guide to the original works on human cytogenetics. Paul E. Polani Paediatric Research Unit Guy's Hospital Medical School London, England