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This user-friendly 5th Edition provides concise but complete information on numerous common and rare disorders that cause human malformation. Includes an outline of the salient features of each condition, as well as material on natural history, etiology, and pathogenesis. The text is accompanied by helpful illustrations and reference lists. Organized to allow for easy access to essential information. Thirty-two new disorders added to this edition.Pathogenesis and etiology are included on every disorder as well as a discussion regarding the availability of laboratory testing. A strength of previous editions has been the abundance of superb photographs which illustrate conditions being discussed.In Chapter 4 reproductive counselling, prenatal diagnosis, and new genetic mechanisms which impact morphogenesis are discussed. Simplifies physical diagnosis with a practical appendix on Pattern of Malformation Differential Diagnosis by Anomalies.Features a brief list of updated references--which include useful review articles and current molecular information--for each condition.