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Thompson & Thompson Genetics in Medicine, Sixth Edition

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I didn't use T and T very often in my first year genetics class for medical school. That's probably b/c the expectations in the class weren't very high and we didn't need to reference a textbook often.

But now that I am studying for USMLE boards Step I, I am happy that I have this book. The middle of the book offers thirty-three clinical case studies, which hit most of the big time genetic diseases. I enjoy reading the clinical vignette for each case. Furthermore, T and T does a good job at summarizing etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and management for each of these 33 diseases.

So if you need a genetics book for a class, and you know you'll be studying for boards in the future, this might be a good book for your needs.

Thompson and Thompson is in my opinion, the best book of its kind out there. Many general texts have popped up in the last five or ten years that try to cover medical genetics broadly (a large topic of course) but T&T is the best. A more recent edition would be nice.

The book is used by it is really good. I am very satisfied with it. The only (minor) problem is that it took a long time to arrive (about 1 month), but it was worth waiting for it.

I bought this text book for my daughter who is double majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Her comments when I asked about this text book were:

"It's actually a pretty poorly written book!! I would not recommend
it. Not well laid out, terms are not defined well and the
organization is terrible."

Of course when the prof. requires it, what choice do you have?
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The book came in three days after I ordered it and in pretty fair condition. I am satisfactory with the service.

This book exceeded my expectations; I bought used but it was in excelent condition, great acquisition.

Book was shown on Amazon as used with few marks, actually when it came a week later, it was like brand-new. I am very happy about the seller.