Overview
Renal genetic disorders may become apparent at any time in life and recognition of specific renal disorders is important in allowing accurate genetic counselling. Active counselling requires knowledge about the natural history of the disorder, an understanding of the genetic component and mode of inheritance, risk of the disorder in other family members, information about patient attitudes towards family planning and the possibility of pre-natal diagnosis. The Genetics of Renal Disease provides a comprehensive account of both the hereditary nephropathies and more generalised disorders, which may affect the renal tract. It includes comprehensive guidelines from an international group of authors on renal function and development, chromosomal disorders, dysmorphic syndromes, inherited predisposition to kidney cancer and gene therapy for renal cancer. Specific chapters deal with individual renal tract disorders such as an extensive discussion of Alport's disease, cystic renal diseases, the Bardet-Biedl and Alstrom syndromes. Each section gives a brief description of the clinical and pathological features of a particular disorder, followed by a review of the genetics of the disorder including incidence, inheritance of familial occurrence, genetic linkage and gene assignment, and prenatal diagnosis and carrier detection. Original studies are extensively quoted and are referenced at the end of each section. There are a great many dysmorphic syndromes that involve the urinary tract. These are incorporated within the book.
Full Product Details
Author: Frances Flinter (, Director, Clinical Genetics Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, UK) ,
Eamon Maher (, Professor of Clinical Genetics, Clinical Genetics Unit, Birmingham Maternity Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK) ,
Anand Saggar-Malik (, Clinical Geneticist, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Volume: 48
Dimensions:
Width: 17.30cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 24.80cm
Weight: 1.230kg
ISBN: 9780192631466
ISBN 10: 0192631462
Pages: 582
Publication Date: 22 January 2004
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
This book is very nice to read. It offers a clear and adequately illustrated overview of the many achievements in nephrogenetic research and their major impact in advancing our understanding of the aetiology and pathogenesis of a wide variety of renal disorders ... this book is highly recommended for clinicians, who take care of patients with these diseases, such as paediatricians, (paediatric) nephrologists, urologists, internal physicians, and clinical geneticists, and for residents in training for these specialties. Community Genetics
This book is very nice to read. It offers a clear and adequately illustrated overview of the many achievements in nephrogenetic research and their major impact in advancing our understanding of the aetiology and pathogenesis of a wide variety of renal disorders ... this book is highly recommended for clinicians, who take care of patients with these diseases, such as paediatricians, (paediatric) nephrologists, urologists, internal physicians, and clinical geneticists, and for residents in training for these specialties. Community Genetics
