Neurogenetics supplies the tools and information required by clinicians to become familiar with modern neurogenetic approaches.

Features:

• Presents the most current breakthroughs in neurogenetic disease from both clinical and scientific perspectives
• Contains clear descriptions of modern approaches to genetic testing and considers the challenges that arise when utilizing molecular technologies and genomic medicine
• Provides in-depth chapters on genetic neurological disorders-with applications of modern knowledge to clinical evaluation and the understanding of disease mechanisms
• Examines non-genetic neurological illnesses and demonstrates the use of genetic methods in the determination of disease pathophysiology and clinical management
• Reviews the available neurogenetic data and discusses how it can be utilized and applied using practical examples

Contents

• Modern Approaches to Neurogenetic Conditions
• Genetic Testing
• Genetic Counseling
• Genomic Approaches and Medicine
• Gene Therapy
• Ethical Dilemmas
• Neurogenetic Diseases
• Inherited Neuropathies
• Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy
• Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
• Non-Dystrophic Disorders of Muscle
• Myotonic Dystrophy
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy
• Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis
• Mitochondrial Disorders
• Friedreich Ataxia
• Autosomal Dominant Ataxias
• Huntington Disease
• Wilson Disease
• Dystonia and Other Inherited Movement Disorders
• Inherited Dementias
• Inherited Epilepsies
• Leukodystrophies
• Storage Diseases
• Genetic Forms of Common Neurodegenerative Disease
• Parkinson's Disease
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Tauopathies
• Amyotrophic Lateral Scleosis
• Prion Disease

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