HEREDITY, MUTABILITY AND PATHOLOGY

Abstract

The first part of the lecture on «Heredity, mutability and pathology», in which the problems of etiology, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of hereditary diseases (genetic and chromosomal) are analyzed, is published in the current issue of the journal. The following issue of the journal will include the second part of this lecture, discussing modern information on sex chromosomes disorders, diseases with hereditary predisposition, congenital malformations, and the questions of their diagnostics, treatment and prophylaxis. At the end of the second part of the lecture you will find tests and clinical challenges for evaluation of learning level and also the answers for afore-mentioned tasks.

Keywords

• mutations
• genetic mutations and disorders
• chromosomal aberrations and disorders