Description |
xvi, 558 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
Series |
Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; no. 45 |
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Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; no. 45
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Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of contributors -- -- Section 1 Clinical aspects of Huntington's disease -- -- 1 Huntington's disease: a historical background -- Peter S. Harper -- 2 Clinical neurology of Huntington's disease -- Berry Kremer -- 3 Neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric aspects of Huntington's disease -- David Craufurd and Julie Snowden -- 4 Imaging Huntington's disease -- David J. Brooks and Thomasin Andrews -- -- Section 2 The genetics of Huntington's disease -- -- 5 Huntington's disease: genetic and molecular studies -- Peter S. Harper and Lesley Jones -- 6 The epidemiology of Huntington's disease -- Peter S. Harper -- 7 Genetic counselling and presymptomatic testing -- Aad Tibben -- -- Section 3 Neurobiology -- -- 8 The neuropathology of Huntington's disease -- Claire-Anne Gutekunst, Francine Norflus, and Steven M. Hersch -- 9 Neurochemistry of Huntington's disease -- George J. Yohrling, IV and Jang-Ho J. Cha -- 10 Energy metabolism and Huntington's disease -- C. Turner and A.H. V Schapira -- -- Section 4 Molecular biology of Huntington's disease -- -- 11 Structural biology of Huntington's disease -- Erich E. Wanker and Anja Droge -- 12 The cell biology of Huntington's disease -- Lesley Jones -- -- -- -- 13 Mouse models of Huntington's disease -- Gillian P. Bates and Kerry P.S.J. Murphy -- -- Section 5 Other polyglutamine diseases -- -- 14 The polyglutamine diseases -- Gillian P Bates and Caroline Benn -- -- Section 6 Therapeutic interventions -- -- 15 Comprehensive care in Huntington's disease -- Martha A. Nance and Beryl Westphal -- 16 Therapeutic trials in Huntington's disease -- Karl Kieburtz and Ira Shoulson -- 17 Cell and tissue transplantation -- Stephen B. Dunnett and Anne E. Rosser |
Notes |
Previous ed.: London : W.B. Saunders, 1996 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Huntington's disease.
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Author |
Jones, Lesley, 1957-
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Harper, Peter S.
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Bates, Gillian.
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LC no. |
2003275779 |
ISBN |
0198510608 : |
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