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Bone Dysplasias: An Atlas of Genetic Disorders of Skeletal Development - Couverture rigide

W. Spranger, Jurgen; W. Brill, Paula; K. Poznanski, Andrew

 
9780195214741: Bone Dysplasias: An Atlas of Genetic Disorders of Skeletal Development
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0195214749 ISBN 13 : 9780195214741
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Many advances have been made in understanding skeletal dysplasias since the first edition of this classic text appeared in 1974. The diagnostic process has been refined, many new disorders have been recognized, and the molecular aspects in many cases have been elucidated. The second edition has been completely updated, with the help of two new co-authors, to incorporate these advances. The book's format is similar to the original but the number of conditions covered has almost doubled and molecular information has been added wherever available. The number of figures has been increased to the limit of economic wisdom. As in the first edition, the illustrations have been selected and sequenced to illustrate both the degree of variability of a given disorder and its changes with age. This book is designed for physicians involved in the evaluation and treatment of patients with skeletal dysplasias, including radiologists, medical geneticists, paediatricians, and orthopaedic surgeons. Its main goal is to assist in the diagnosis of specific conditions and the care of affected individuals. Though mutations of specific genes can produce dysplasias with very different phenotypes and prognoses, the primarily clinical aim of this book dictated a phenotypic classification in general, with compromises on etiologic grounds where necessary. Since the attempt to diagnose a skeletal dysplasia from single signs, alone or in combination, is fraught with errors, the authors focus on basic patterns of skeletal abnormalities.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Many advances have been made in understanding skeletal dysplasias since the first edition of this classic text appeared in 1974. The diagnostic process has been refined, many new disorders have been recognized, and the molecular aspects in many cases have been elucidated. The second edition has been completely updated, with the help of two new co-authors, to incorporate these advances. The book's format is similar to the original but the number of conditions covered has almost doubled and molecular information has been added wherever available. The number of figures has been increased to the limit of economic wisdom. As in the first edition, the illustrations have been selected and sequenced to illustrate both the degree of variability of a given disorder and its changes with age. This book is designed for physicians involved in the evaluation and treatment of patients with skeletal dysplasias, including radiologists, medical geneticists, paediatricians, and orthopaedic surgeons. Its main goal is to assist in the diagnosis of specific conditions and the care of affected individuals. Though mutations of specific genes can produce dysplasias with very different phenotypes and prognoses, the primarily clinical aim of this book dictated a phenotypic classification in general, with compromises on etiologic grounds where necessary. Since the attempt to diagnose a skeletal dysplasia from single signs, alone or in combination, is fraught with errors, the authors focus on basic patterns of skeletal abnormalities.

Revue de presse

. . . brilliantly written and produced and deserves to be on the shelves of all pediatric radiologists. (Radiology)

This book has no peer and is an outstanding contribution to the medico-scientific books currently available . . . No practice of the specialties indicated above or indeed any hospital library should be without a copy even if contact with such patients is occasional. (Doody's Journal)

It is, in every sense, an outstanding book for which it is difficult to find worthy superlatives. In 600 pages, with 160 chapters and 1890 illustrations, Dr Spranger and his colleagues provide the definitive account of the state of the art . . . The radiographic illustrations are superbly reproduced and provide a unique, readily available, diagnostic resource. It is clear that several life-times of experience have been invested in this "tour-de-force" . . . Where the authors have succeeded is in producing a superb compendium of great scholarship, of which they can be justly proud and for which the rest of us mere mortals should be extremely grateful. (Human Genetics 113)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195214749
ISBN 13 
9780195214741
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
632
Coordonnées du fabricant
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