Companion Website

Firth & Hurst: Oxford Desk Reference - Clinical Genetics

Web Links

Please find below a list of the web links found in the book.

Chapter 1

American Medical Association
British Association for Adoption and Fostering
British Society for Human Genetics
Canadian Paediatric Society
Contact a Family
Eurpean Neuromuscular Centre
Ensembl.org
Geneimprint.com
General Medical Counsil Consent website
Genetic testing in adoption - Joint statement of the American Society of Human Genetics and the American College of Medical Genetics
Genomic Disorders Research Centre
POSSUM
UK Department of Education and Skills Adoption website
UK Department of Health Adoption website
UK Department of Health Consent website
Unique - Rare Chromosome Disorder Support Group website
US National Centre for Biotechnology Information

Chapter 2

Adrenal Hyperplasia Network
Albinism Fellowship
American Nystagmus Network
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
Brittle Bone Society
Cardiomyopathy Association
Cedars-Sinai Medical Genetics Institute
Child Growth Foundation
Children Living with Inherited Metabolic Diseases
Children's Heart Federation
Children's Liver Disease Foundation
Cleft Lip and Palate Association
Connexin-deafness
Contact a Family
Deaf Plus
Dystonia Society
Ectodermal Dysplasia Society
ENABLE Scotland
Epilepsy Action
Epilepsy Foundation
European Show Dance Union
fanconi-anaemia.co.uk

Foundation Fighting Blindness
GeneTests Web site
Grown Up Congenital Heart Patients Association
Hypermobility Syndrome Association
Hypospadias Support Group
Incontinentia Pigmenti International Foundation
International Costello Syndrome Support Group
Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl Society
Lissencephaly Contact Group
Little People of America
Lowe Syndrome Association
Macrocephaly-Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita
Macular Disease Society
MENCAP
Micro & Anophthalmia Children's Society
National Ataxia Foundation
National Deaf Children"s Society
National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias
National Organization for Rare Disorders
Pierre Robin Network
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association USA
Reach - The Association for Children with Hand and Arm Deficiency
Restricted Growth Association
RNID
Scope
Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism
Sotos Syndrome Support Association
SPECS - Specific Eye Conditions
Steps charity
Technology Association of Georgia
Tuberous Sclerosis Association
Unique - Rare Chromosome Disorder Support Group website

Chapter 3

116th ENMC International Workshop Report - Treatment of mitochondrial disease
Accessible Publishing of Genetic Information, UCL
Alzheimer"s Society
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group
Angelman Syndrome Foundation
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
Ataxia-Telangiectasia Society
BDF Newlife
Beckwith-Wiedemann Family Forum
British Committee for Standards in Haematology Guidelines
British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
Cardiac Arrhythmias Reasearch and Education Foundation
Cardiomyopathy Association
Charcot-Marie-Tooth UK
Children Living with Inherited Metabolic Diseases
Children's Mitochondrial Disease Network
Children's Tumor Foundation
Chronic Granulomatous Disorder Research Trust and Support Group
Climb Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia UK Support Group
Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Database
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Diabetes UK
DMD - Workshops 1991, 1993 Guidelines prepared by Roger Mountford
Duchenne Family Support Group
Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation
Ehlers-Danlos Support Group
Epilepsy Action
Epilepsy Foundation
Factor V Leiden Thrombophilia Support Page
fanconi-anaemia.co.uk
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Fragile X Society
GeneTests Web site
Haemophilia Alliance
Haemophilia Society
HEART UK
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Foundation
Huntington's Disease Association
International Glaucoma Association UK
Jennifer Trust for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Little People of America
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
National Autistic Society
National Fragile X Foundation
National Marfan Foundation
National Organization for Rare Disorders
National Society for Epilepsy
Neurofibromatosis Association UK
Parkinson's Disease Society
Primary Immunodeficiency Association
Rett Syndrome Association UK
SADS UK (The Ashley Jolly SAD Trust)
Sickle Cell Society
Stickler Involved People
Telangiectasia Self Help Group
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
Tuberous Sclerosis Association
UK Thalassaemia Society
University of Arizona Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics
Xeroderma Pigmentosum Society
XP Support Group

Chapter 4

American College of Medical Genetics
Association for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Disorders
Beckwith-Wiedemann Family Forum
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
CancerlineUK.net
Contact a Family
FAP Support Group
Gorlin Syndrome Group
National Wilms Tumor Study
Network for Peutz Jeghers and Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome
Neurofibromatosis Association UK
Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome / Gorlin Syndrome Patient Advocate
NICE
UK Children's Cancer Study Group
Von Hippel-Lindau Family Alliance

Chapter 5

Antenatal Results and Choices
Down's Syndrome Association
Growth Charts for Children with Down Syndrome
Klinefelter's Syndrome Association UK
Mosaic Down Syndrome UK
OMIM Gene Map
S.O.F.T UK
Unique - Rare Chromosome Disorder Support Group website
US National Down's Syndrome Society
Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome Educational Foundation

Chapter 6

Antenatal Results and Choices
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
Children Living with Inherited Metabolic Diseases
Contact a Family
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Trust
Geeps.org
Ichthyosis Support Group
Infertility Network UK
International Premature Ovarian Failure Association
Little Hearts Matter
Miscarriage Association
Motherisk
Multiple Births Foundation
Organisation Teratology Information Services
Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Locus Knowledgebase
Platelet Disorder Support Association
Steps charity
Twins and Multiple Births Association
UK National Fetal AntiConvulsant Syndrome Association
University of Newcastle, Pharmacological Sciences home page

Chapter 7

Cancer Research UK - Cancer Incidence
NRPB-W4 Report - Radiation Exposure of the UK Population from Medical and Dental X-Ray Examinations
US National Centre for Biotechnology Information