Progress in Medical Genetics: Volume 5 covers the improvements in
nutrition and control of childhood disease. This book is divided into
five chapters that evaluate the characteristics of thalassemias, an
inherited defect in hemoglobin. It addresses the genetic control of
hemoglobin synthesis and the clinical pictures and nomenclature of the
different porphyrias. Some of the topics covered in the book are the
genetic aspects of liver disease connected with jaundice; development
of the concept of thalassemia as a hemoglobinopathy; bilirubin
metabolism; description of hemolytic jaundice; description of
hyperbilirubinemia. The succeeding chapters describe the disturbances
in bilirubin uptake and conjugation, as well as the clinical diagnosis
of familial non-hemolytic hyperbilirubinemias. An analysis of the
Dubin-Johnson and Rotor syndrome is provided. The last chapters
consider the genetics of muscular and the analysis of autosomal
dominant forms of muscular dystrophy. The book can provide useful
information to doctors, endocrinologists, students, and researchers.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781483195056
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok