Cases in Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (LGG) Practice

Dr. Xia Li is the Scientific Medical Director of Genetics/Genomics Division at Sonora Quest Laboratories and Associate Professor of Pathology Department at University of Arizona. She received her Ph. D degree in human genetics in 1995 from Fudan University in China, and had 4 years of training in cytogenetics and molecular genetics through the program of American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG). She was certified in both Molecular and Cytogenetics through ABMGG. After training, she became the Associate Director of Cytogenetics Laboratory at AmeriPath Northeast from 2010 to 2013, and the Associate Director of Cytogenetics Laboratory at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital from 2013 to 2016. She joined Sonora Quest Laboratories in 2016, where she oversees the operation of the laboratory. She also participates in the teaching and training of medical students and residents. Dr. Li has been working in the field of Genetics/Genomics diagnostics for over 13 years with extensive experience in clinical diagnostics using karyotyping, FISH, PCR, microarray and NGS technologies. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and owns 2 patents.

*4 stars* “...addresses the intersection of new genetic and cytogenetic methods in the identification of abnormalities in human hereditary and developmental disease…. This book is the first to explicitly address this merger by providing more than 100 case analyses describing the background, approach, analysis, and interpretation of the various methods used to derive an accurate identification of abnormalities underlying various genetic diseases. The book's purpose is to provide up-to-date training information in laboratory genetics, and it accomplishes this goal admirably…. [The] author has excellent credentials and is an authority in the subject matter…. This is an excellent book....[and] presents its information in a consistent and easily understood manner. For the intended audience, this book is more useful than other recent publications in the same general area.” --©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Mark F. Sanders, PhD (UC Davis College of Biological Sciences)

• Part I Inborn diseases1. Multiple congenital anomalies2. Molar pregnancy3. Sex chromosomal abnormalities4. Infertility5. Developmental Delay6. Consanguinity7. Imprinting disordersPart II Hematologic malignancies8. AML9. MDS10. Ph+ leukemia11. Acute leukaemia with ambiguous lineage12. Pre B-ALL13. Mature B cell neoplasms14. Mature T-cell neoplasms15. Hodgkin LymphomaPart III Solid Tumours16. Lung cancer17. Colorectal cancer18. Melanoma19. Thyroid cancer20. Other tumours