Wilson disease [electronic resource] / volume editors, Anna Członkowska and Michael L. Schilsky
- Published
- Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2017]
- Physical Description
- xiv, 248 pages : illustrations (some color), portrait ; 27 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Członkowska, Anna and Schilsky, Michael L.
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- Contents
- History of Wilson disease: a personal account / J M. Walshe -- Epidemiology and introduction to the clinical presentation of Wilson disease / Christine Lo and Oliver Bandmann -- The genetics of Wilson disease / Sihoun Hahn -- Genetic and environmental modifiers of Wilson disease / Valentina Medici and Karl Heinz Weiss -- Pathogenesis of Wilson disease / Petr Dusek, Radan Bruha and Ivo Florin Scheiber -- Animal models of Wilson disease / Dominik Huster and Valentina Medici -- Wilson disease -- liver pathology / Maciej Pronicki -- Wilson disease -- brain pathology / France Woimant, Aurelia Poujois and Jacqueline Mikol -- Hepatic features of Wilson disease / Michael L. Schilsky, Aftab Ala and Salih Boga -- Wilson disease: neurologic features / Anna Czlonkowska, Tomasz Litwin and Grzegorz Chabik -- Cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in Wilson disease / Paula C. Zimbrean and Joanna Seniow -- Wilson's disease in children / Eve A. Roberts and Piotr Socha -- Other organ involvement and clinical aspects of Wilson disease / Karolina Dzieżyc, Tomasz Litwin and Anna Czlonkowska -- Diagnosis of Wilson disease / Peter Ferenci -- Wilson disease - currently used anti-copper therapy / Anna Czlonkowska and Tomasz Litwin -- Liver transplantation for Wilson disease / Michael L. Schilsky -- Wilson disease - symptomatic liver therapy / Wolfgang Stremmel and Karl Heinz Weiss -- Symptomatic treatment of neurologic symptoms in Wilson disease. / Tomasz Litwin, Petr Dusek and Anna Czlonkowska -- Novel perspectives on Wilson disease treatment / Christian Rupp, Wolfgang Stremmel and Karl Heinz Weiss -- Patient support groups in the management of Wilson disease / Michael L. Schilsky and Mary L. Graper.
- Summary
- "Wilson Disease provides a comprehensive guide on this inherited genetic disorder that has devastating consequences for both the liver and neurologic/psychiatric health. This disease is of increasing interest to neurologists, hepatologists, and geneticists, but when the disease is diagnosed early, it is treatable, with patients living normal lives. This volume describes the molecular pathophysiology of WD and the clinical and pathological effects of copper. Separate sections address both diagnosis and medical and surgical approaches to treatment. Both adult and pediatric perspectives on diagnosis and treatment are addressed, and a section on genetics highlights advances in molecular diagnostics. Patient support groups that can aid in coping with this disease are also discussed, as are animal models for those interested in basic research on cell biology, pathophysiology, and treatment"--
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- ISBN
- 9780444636256 (hbk.)
0444636250 (hbk.)
9780444636270 (ePub ebook) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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