Spinal muscular atrophy : disease mechanisms and therapy /
"Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Disease Mechanisms and Therapy provides the latest information on a condition that is characterized by motor neuron 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 ha...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
[2017]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Disease Mechanisms and Therapy provides the latest information on a condition that is characterized by motor neuron 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"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 474 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780128036860 0128036869 |