Overview
- Offers a comprehensive overview of muscular dystrophies
- Features the latest diagnostic tools and treatments
- Authored by experts
Part of the book series: Current Clinical Neurology (CCNEU)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
The field of muscular dystrophies has expanded significantly with the discovery of the genetic defects and protein products underlying these disorders. New treatments such as antisense oligonucleotides and siRNAs and gene therapies are now in clinical application and in trials. As clinical trials increase, outcome measurement becomes very important, and more validated tools are being developed.
This book provides a comprehensive review of these disorders. Clinical features, diagnostic testing including genetic testing of these disorders, the basis and utility of genetic testing, and the basis of genetic therapies are all covered in detail.
This book will provide neuromuscular neurologists, general neurologists, and neuromuscular fellows with a much needed update in the field.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Pushpa Narayanaswami, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Vice- Chair, Clinical Operations
Department of Neurology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Neuroloy TCC-8, BIDMC
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston MA 02215
Teerin Liewluck, MD, FAAN
Consultant, Division of Neuromuscular Medicine and Muscle Laboratory , Department of Neurology
Associate Professor of Neurology,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
200 First Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Principles and Practice of the Muscular Dystrophies
Editors: Pushpa Narayanaswami, Teerin Liewluck
Series Title: Current Clinical Neurology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44009-0
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-44008-3Published: 17 February 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-44011-3Due: 19 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-44009-0Published: 16 February 2024
Series ISSN: 1559-0585
Series E-ISSN: 2524-4043
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 348
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 84 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurology, Medicine/Public Health, general, Behavioral Therapy, Neurosciences