1. SECTIONS:
2. preface & acknowledgements
3. genetics at a glance
4. contacts, support & testing
5. testing & pregnancy
6. newborn screening
7. cancer in the family
8. cardiovascular conditions
9. chromosomal conditions
10. clotting & bleeding conditions
11. cystic fibrosis
12. diabetes
13. fragile X syndrome and other causes of developmental delay
14. haemoglobinopathies
15. hereditary haemochromatosis
16. neurofibromatosis
17. neurological conditions
18. psychiatric conditions
19. genetics in practice
20. emerging genetic technologies
21. glossary

Inheritance patterns – what to look for

1. Once a pedigree has been drawn it is often possible to see patterns of inheritance of specific conditions
   and diseases among family members. This in turn can help in:
2. Diagnosing a medical condition
   
3. Deciding what medical tests to order
   
4. Identifying other members of the family who are at risk of developing certain diseases
   
5. Calculating individual risks of certain diseases
   
6. Calculating individual risks of passing certain conditions on to future generations
7. Depending on the mode of inheritance of conditions present in families, patterns evident from family trees will differ. The following outline various characteristics that may be seen according to the most common modes of inheritance.

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