The laboratory and basic-science specialties that study the molecular and microbial basis of health and disease: heredity, the immune system and the pathogens that cause infection. Belongs here: Genetics, Medical Genetics, Immunology and Virology. Does not belong here: Infectious Disease, the clinical specialty that treats infections in patients, grouped under internal medicine subspecialties because it is a patient-facing clinical practice rather than a laboratory science.
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1. Medical Genetics (Wikipedia)
WikipediaMedical genetics, definition, organ system
Medical genetics is the branch of medicine that involves the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders.
Medical genetics, definition, patient population
Medical genetics is the branch of medicine that involves the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders.
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