Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Disease Mechanisms And Therapy
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- Synopsis
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Disease Mechanisms and Therapy provides the latest information on a condition that is characterized by motoneuron loss and muscle atrophy, and is the leading genetic cause of infant mortality. Since the identification of the gene responsible for SMA in 1995, there have been important advances in the basic understanding of disease mechanisms, and in therapeutic development. This book provides a comprehensive accounting of recent advances in basic and clinical research that covers SMA clinical features and standards of care, multifaceted aspects of SMN protein functions and SMA disease pathology, various animal models, and biomarkers, as well as current therapeutic development.
- Copyright:
- 2017
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 504 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780128036853
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
- Date of Addition:
- 05/20/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Elsevier Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Medicine
- Submitted By:
- 170
- Proofread By:
- 170
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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