Inborn Metabolic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment
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Each disease-related chapter begins with a detailed description of the patient and the delineating symptoms used for establishing the diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The highly detailed figures illustrate the metabolic derangement in a uniform way, together with essential aspects of the genetics involved, thus affording clarification and better understanding of the treatment. Topics covered range from general aspects such as the clinical approach, emergency treatment, diagnostic procedures, and psychosocial care for the child and the family, to specific discussions of new modes of treatment, including liver, bone marrow transplantation and somatic gene therapy.
From the Back Cover
The diagnosis of metabolic diseases is facilitated by this clinical book. Each disease-related chapter begins with a detailed description of the patient and the delineating symptoms necessary for establishing the diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The figures illustrate the metabolic derangement in a uniform way, thus affording clarification and better understanding of the treatment. The metabolic derangement is discribed in great detail, together with essential aspects of the genetics involved. The topics covered range from general aspects such as the clinical approach to metabolic diseases, emergency treatment, diagnostic procedures, and psychosocial care for the child and the family to specific dicussions of new modes of treatment, including liver transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, and somatic gene therapy.
Each disease-related chapter begins with a detailed description of the patient and the delineating symptoms used for establishing the diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The highly detailed figures illustrate the metabolic derangement in a uniform way, together with essential aspects of the genetics involved, thus affording clarification and better understanding of the treatment. Topics covered range from general aspects such as the clinical approach, emergency treatment, diagnostic procedures, and psychosocial care for the child and the family, to specific discussions of new modes of treatment, including liver, bone marrow transplantation and somatic gene therapy.
From the Back Cover
The diagnosis of metabolic diseases is facilitated by this clinical book. Each disease-related chapter begins with a detailed description of the patient and the delineating symptoms necessary for establishing the diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The figures illustrate the metabolic derangement in a uniform way, thus affording clarification and better understanding of the treatment. The metabolic derangement is discribed in great detail, together with essential aspects of the genetics involved. The topics covered range from general aspects such as the clinical approach to metabolic diseases, emergency treatment, diagnostic procedures, and psychosocial care for the child and the family to specific dicussions of new modes of treatment, including liver transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, and somatic gene therapy.
Keywords
METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS OF
