Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics) - Hardcover

Emery, Alan E. H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192615564 ISBN 13: 9780192615565

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1987

Synopsis

Based on the author's study of some 200 patients, and on a detailed review of the literature, this volume examines all aspects of Duchenne muscular dystrophy--the second most common genetic disorder affecting humans. Topics include the history of the disease, clinical features, involvement of tissues other than muscle, laboratory investigations, differential diagnosis, biochemistry, pathogenesis, genetics, molecular pathology, prevention, genetic counselling, and surgical and medical management. The book is illustrated with numerous photographs and line drawings, and includes an extensive bibliography.

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About the Author

Alan E. H. Emery, Research Director, European Neuromuscular Centre, Baarn.

Review

'With the same fluency and flow which he achieved in the first edition, Alan Emery has succeeded in a masterly fashion in assimilating and digesting the essentials from all this new information and integrating it into this new volume. Once again he has comprehensively covered the whole field.
His vast personal experience both as a geneticist and a clinician are clearly apparent from the confidence as well as the sensitivity with which he has covered many of the topics. This book should find a wide appeal ... both as a source of reference as well as an interesting and informative read.'
Victor Dubowitz, Royal Postgraduate Medical School. London, Neuromuscular Disorders, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1993

'This book is an excellent review of the history of Duchenne muscular dystrophy ... remarkably current in the new techniques, a credit to the author. There is something for everyone interested in neuromuscular disease in this book. The book is extremely well written, and easy to read and I
would recommend the book to anyone in the field ... a tour de force, a delight to possess.'
Nigel G. Laing, Human Genetics Society of Australasia, March '94

'With the same fluency and flow which he achieved in the first edition, Alan Emery has succeeded in a masterly fashion in assimilating and digesting the essentials from all this new information and integrating it into this new volume. His vast personal experience both as a geneticist and a
clinician are clearly apparent from the confidence as well as the sensitivity with which he has covered many of the topics ... a source of reference as well as an interesting and informative read.'
Victor Dubowitz, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, Neuromuscular Disorders

'Professor Emery's book is a useful reference text for all of those involved in the care of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy or research into the muscular dystrophies. This text provides a rounded view of all of the many issues involved ... a useful starting point for those who care
for Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients and their families who want to improve their knowledge about all aspects of the condition from a very clear and readable text.'
Katherine Bushby, Journal of Medical Genetics

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0192615564
• ISBN 13: 9780192615565
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 330