Part I Approaches
1. Approach to Common Bases of Common Diseases, Richard A. King, Jerome I. Rotter, and Arno G. Motulsky
2. Molecular Genetics of Common Diseases, Jeffrey R. Smith, Thomas D. Gelehrter, Francis S. Collins (JS: Vanderbilt; TG: University of Michigan; FC: National Human Genome Research Institute)
3. Genetic Epidemiologic Methods, Stephen S. Rich and Thomas A. Sellers (SR:Wake Forest University School of Medicine; TS: Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation)
4. The Evolution of Human Genetic Diseases, Jared Diamond and Jerome I. Rotter (University of California, Los Angeles, both)
5. Animal Models of Complex Genetic Disease, Aldons J. Lusis, David West, and Richard C. Davis (AL, DW: University of California, Los Angeles; RD: Parke-Davis Pharmaceuticals)
6. Genetic Counseling: History, Risk Assessment, Strategies, and Ethical Considerations, Bonnie S. LeRoy and Ann P. Walker (BL: University of Minnesota; AW: University of California, Irvine)
Part II Cardiopulmonary Diseases
7. Genetics of COronary Atherosclerosis, Arno G. Motulsky and John D. Brunzell (University of Washington, both)
8. Hypertension, Steven C. Hunt, Paul N. Hopkins, Jean-Marc Lalouel (University of Utah, all)
9. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Francine Kauffmann and Florence Demenais (INSERM, both)
Part III Immunologic and Infectious Diseases
10. Genetics of Human Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases: Progress and Prospects, Ellen Buschman, Emil Skamene, and Erwin Schurr (EB, EmilS: McGill University Health Centre; ErwinS: Mc Gill Centre for the Study of Host Resistance)
11. Genetics of Asthma and Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness, Deborah A. Meyers, Denise G. Wiesch, and Eugene R. Bleecker (DM, EB: Wake Forest University School of Medicine; DW: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease)
12. IgA Deficiency and Common Variable Immunodeficiency, Harry W. Schroeder, Jr. (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Part IV Gastrointestinal Disorders
13. Peptic Ulcer and Gastritis, A.S. Pena (Vrije Universiteit Medical Center)
14. Lactase Deficiiency: Biological and Medical Aspects of the Adult Human Lactase Polymorphism, Edward J. Hollox and Dallas M. Swallow (EH: University Nottingham; Ds: University College London)
15. Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Huiying Yang and Krent D. Taylor (UCLA School of Medicine, both)
16. Gallstones, Beverly Paigen and Martin C. Carey (BP: The Jackson Laboratory; MC: Harvard Medical School)
17. Chronic Liver Disease, Albert J. Czaja (Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation)
18. Hereditary Hemochromatosis, Frances Busifield, G.J. Anderson, and L.W. Powell (The University of Queensland, Australia, all)
19. Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy, Susan L. Neuhausen and John J. Zone (University of Utah, both)
Part V Endocrine Disorders
20. Thyroid Disease, Stefan K.G. Grebe (University of Outago, New Zealand)
21. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Steven C. Elbein, Ken C. Chui, and M. Alan Permutt
22. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Steven C. Elbein, Ken C. Chin, and M. Alan Permutt (SE: Univerity of Arkansas for Medical Sciencs; KC: UCLA School of Medicin; MP: Washington University School of Medicine)
23. Obesity, George Bray and Claude Bouchard (Louisiana State University, both)
24. Genetics of Osteoporosis, Tatiana Foroud, Michael J. Econs, and C. Conrad Johston, Jr. (Indiana University School of Medicine, all)
25. Hyperuricemia and Gout, Michael A. Becker (The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)
Part VI Genitourinary Disorders
26. Genetics of Gynecologic Disorders, Joe Leigh Simpson (Baylor College of Medicine)
27. Genetics of Infertility and Pregnancy Loss, Carole Ober, Marion S. Verp, Kenneth P. Roberts, and Jon L. Pryor (CO, MS: University of Chicago; KR, JP: University of Minnesota)
Part VII Rheumatologic Diseases
28. Immunology and Immunogenetics, Gerald T. Nepom and Henry A. Erlich (GN: University of Washington School of Medicine; HE: Roche Molecular Systems)
29. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Barbara Nepom and Richard A. King (BN: Virginia Mason Research Center, RK: University of Minnesota)
30. Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies, R. Hal Scofield (University of Oklahoma)
31. The Genetics of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Patrick M. Gafney, Richard A. King, and Timothy W. Behrens (University of Minnesota, all)
32. Genetic Basis of Primary Osteoarthritis, John Loughlin and Kay Chapman (University of Oxford, both)
33. Common Disorders of Connective Tissue, Reed E. Pyeritz (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)
Part VIII Cancer
34. Gastrointestinal Cancer, Randall W. Burt (University of Utah Health Sciences Center)
35. Breast Cancer, Katherine L. Nathanson and Barbara L. Weber (University of Pennsylvania, both)
36. Familial and Genetic Influences on Risk of Lung Cancer, Thomas A. Sellers and Ping Yang (Mayo Clinic, both)
37. Reproductive Organ Cancers, Maren T. Scheuner and Beth Y. Karlan (UCLA School of Medicine, both)
38. Skin Cancer, Allen E. Bale, Suzanne J. Brown, and William D. Posten (Yale University School of Meidicine, all)
39. Prostate Cancer, William B. Isaacs and Jianfeng Xu (WI: Johns Hopkins University; JX: Wake Forest University School of Medicine)
40. Hematologic Cancer, Marshall Horwitz (University of Washington School of Medicine)
Part IX Neuropsychiatric Disorders
41. Epilepsy, Magali Fernandez and Thomas D. Bird (MF: Ohio State University; TB University of Washington School of Medicine)
42. Genetic Basis of Multiple Sclerosis, Leena Peltonen, Janna Saarela, and Satu Kuokkanen (LP: UCLA School of Medicine; JS: University of Helsinki; SK: Columbia University)
43. The Genetics of Alzheimer Disease, Margaret A. Pericak-Vance and Jonathan L. Haines (MP-V: Duke University Medical Center; JH: Vanderbilt University Medical Center)
44. Genetics of Affective Disorders, Servilla D. Detera-Wadleigh and Lynn R. Goldin (SD-W: National Institute of Mental Health; LG: National Cancer Institute)
45. Schizophrenia, Ann E. Pulver, Godfrey Pearlson, John McGrath, Virginia Keyes Lasseter, Karen Swarts, and George Papadimitriou (GP: Athens University Medical School: All others: Johns Hopkins University)
46. Alcoholism, Dharam P. Agarwal (University of Hamburg)
47. Mental Retardation, W. Ted Brown (SUNY Downstate Medical Center)
48. Hereditary Hearing Loss, Rena Ellen Falk and Nathan Fischel-Ghodsian (UCLA School of Medicine, both)
49. Genetics of Migraine, Aarno Palotie, Robert Baloh, and Maija Wessman (AP, RB: UCLA School of Medicine; MW: University of Helsinki)
Part X Other Common Problems
50. Common Skin Disease, Virginia P. Sybert (University of Washington School of Medicine)
51. Genetic Modulation of Aging and Longevity, George M. Martin (University of Washington School of Medicine)
52. Mitochondrial Defects in Commons Diseases, Douglas C. Wallace and Marie T. Lott (Emory University, both)
53. Constitutional Chromosome Disorders in Adults, Georgia L. Wiesner, David B. Everman, and Suzanne B. Cassidy (GW: Case Western Reserve University; DE: Greenwood Genetic Center; SC: University of California, Irvine)
Part XI Therapy
54. Genetic Consequences of Modern Therapeutics: Iatrogenic Mutagensis, John J. Mulvihill, Sarah F. Whitton, and Patrick H. Horn (University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, all)
55. Pharmacogenetics, Ecogenetics, and Pharmacogenomics, Werner Kallow (University of Toronto)