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Muscular dystrophies / volume editors, Robert C. Griggs and Anthony A. Amato.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Handbook of clinical neurology ; 3rd ser., v. 101.
- Handbook of clinical neurology ; 3rd series, volume 101
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muscular dystrophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (890 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume provides clinicians and scientists with the latest information concerning the muscular dystrophies, paying special attention to the way advancements in molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, and other biological sciences provide comprehensive insights into a group of disorders that have only been studied for the past two decades. Information on both pathogenesis and prospects for treatment are covered, with an emphasis on clinical implications, both now and in the foreseeable future. Clinical wisdom is combined with invaluable perspectives from the most highly experie
- Contents:
- Overview of the muscular dystrophies / A.A. Amato and R.C. Griggs
- Dystrophinopathies / L. Morrison
- Sarcoglycanopathies / J. Kirschner and H. Lochmuller
- Congenital muscular dystrophies / S.E. Sparks and D.M. Escolar
- The collagen VI related myopathies: Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy and Bethlem myopathy / C.G. Bonnemann
- Limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2A / E. Gallardo, A.Saenz and I.Iilla
- Dysferlinopathies / A.A. Amato and R.H. Brown Jr
- Other limb-girdle muascular dystrophies / A.A. Amato
- Limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2H and the role of TRIM32 / P.B. Shieh, E. Kudryashova and M.J. Spencer
- Caveolinopathies : translational implications of caveolin-3 in skeletal and cardiac muscle disorders / E. Gazzerro, A. Bonetto, and C. Minetti
- Myofibrillar myopathies / D. Selcen and A.G. Engel
- Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy / M. Puckelwartz and E. McNally
- Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy and scapuloperoneal syndromes / R.W. Orrell
- Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy / B. Brais
- Myotonic dystrophy type 1 and 2 / T. Ashizawa and P.S. Sarkar
- Distal muscular dystrophies / B. Udd.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-444-53489-X
- OCLC:
- 794663600
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