Neurogenetics
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Neurogenetics

A Guide for Clinicians

  1. English
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eBook - PDF

Neurogenetics

A Guide for Clinicians

About this book

Progress in genetic knowledge is profoundly affecting medical practice, and no clinical specialty has more diseases associated with genetic mutations than neurology. As a more complete picture of the genes which give rise to neurological disease is obtained, trainee and practising neurologists need a guide to basic principles and the more important clinical entities with a genetic component. It is against this background that Neurogenetics: A Guide for Clinicians has been written. The book opens with coverage of genetic testing and counselling. Subsequent chapters discuss genetic factors for all the major neurological diseases, including epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinsonism and muscular dystrophies. No book in this field can hope to be fully up to date with the latest research; rather this work provides a framework on which to add new genetic discoveries. Neurogenetics: A Guide for Clinicians provides a synoptic overview for neurologists, medical geneticists and scientists working in the field.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780521543729
eBook ISBN
9781139368223
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Neurology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Neurogenetics: A Guide for Clinicians
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Contributors
  7. Chapter 1: The human genome project – what it really means and where next
  8. Chapter 2: Genetic counseling and genetic testing for neurogenetic disorders
  9. Chapter 3: Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
  10. Chapter 4: The epilepsies
  11. Chapter 5: The ataxias
  12. Chapter 6: Huntington' s disease
  13. Chapter 7: Parkinsonism
  14. Chapter 8: Prion diseases
  15. Chapter 9: Channelopathies
  16. Chapter 10: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other disorders of the lower motor neuron
  17. Chapter 11: The muscular dystrophies
  18. Chapter 12: Charcot–Marie–Tooth diseases
  19. Chapter 13: Mitochondrial disorders
  20. Chapter 14: The neurofibromatoses and related disorders
  21. Chapter 15: The future of neurogenetics
  22. Index