Editors:
First comprehensive presentation of a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of Epidermolysis Bullosa
Update on the therapy of this inherited disease
Practical reference for day-to-day care and its many complications
Richly illustrated with clinical photographs, tables and algorithms
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a heterogenous group of genodermatoses characterized by the formation of blisters and erosions on skin and mucous membrans from birth on. The cause are mutations in the genes of structural proteins of the junction between epidermis and dermis. This book deals with the treatment of this skin disease itself and its many extracutaneous complications. There is no previous book which has been focused on the therapy and it will be based on evidence-based data derived from the world´s largest cohort of inherited EB-patients, the American EB Registry. An important chapter will discuss gene therapy in hereditary EB which has been recently successfully performed within a localized skin site on a single EB patient as a proof-of-principle test. Given its unique collective contents, the monograph will provide the primary source for clinical informations of this oftentimes severe multiorgan disease.
Editors and Affiliations
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Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and National EB Registry, Nashville, USA
Jo-David Fine
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Universitätsklinik für Dermatologie, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität Salzburg, Salzburg, Österreich
Helmut Hintner
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Life with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)
Book Subtitle: Etiology, Diagnosis, Multidisciplinary Care and Therapy
Editors: Jo-David Fine, Helmut Hintner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-79271-1
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Vienna 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-211-79270-4Published: 27 October 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-211-99934-9Published: 13 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-211-79271-1Published: 02 April 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 338
Topics: Dermatology, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Human Genetics