Genetics of Developmental Disabilities

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-20905-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 886 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

Published in 2005: Genetics of Developmental Disabilities is written as a textbook and resource for physicians, basic and clinical researchers, and other professionals, students, and health care providers. Those interested in the causes and scientific understanding of developmental disabilities.

Zielgruppe

Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Butler, Merlin G.

Meaney, F. John

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bienvenu, Thierry

Boyle, Coleen A.

Carpenter, Nancy J

Cohen, William I

Davis, Melinda F.

Duncan, Burris

Hamerton, John L.

Hillman, Richard

Jacquemont, Sebastien

Kates, Wendy R.

Knoll, Joan H.M.

Neri, Giovanni

Petrill, Stephen A.

Smith, Ann C.M.

Velagaleti, Gopalrao V.N.

Villar, Angela J.

Wattendorf, Daniel J.

Whitman, Barbara Y.

Williams, Charles A.

Wolraich, Mark L.

Zhang, Hui

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Overview of Medical Genetics

1. A History of Medical Genetics
Giovanni Neri and Francesco D. Tiziano

2. Patterns of Inheritance: Mendelian and Non-Mendelian
Merlin G. Butler et al.

3. Clinical Cytogenetics and Testing for Developmental Disabilities
Joan H. M. Knoll and Linda D. Cooley

4. Molecular Genetics and Diagnostic Testing
Nancy J. Carpenter

5. The Human Genome Project and Its Impact on Understanding Developmental Disabilities
Daniel J. Wattendorf and Maximilian Muenke

6. Animal Models of Down Syndrome and Other Genetic Diseases Associated with Mental Retardation
Angela J. Villar and Charles J. Epstein
Classical Examples of Conditions with Developmental Disabilities

7. Medical Care of the Child with Down Syndrome
William I. Cohen

8. Fragile X and X-linked Mental Retardation
Sebastien Jacquemont, Vincent des Portes, and Randi Hagerman

9.Prader-Willie Syndrome: An Example of Genomic Imprinting
Merlin G. Butler

10. Angelman Syndrome
Charles A. Williams

11. Williams-Beuren Syndrome
Hui Zhang

12. Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome
Wendy R. Kates et al.

13. Smith-Magenis Syndrome-A Developmental Disorder with Circadian Dysfunction
Ann C. M. Smith

14. Rett Syndrome
Thierry Bienvenu

15. Microdeletion Syndromes
Gopalrao V. N. Velagaleti

16. Sex Chromosome Anomalies
John L. Hamerton and Jane A. Evans

17. Expanded Newborn Screening and Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Richard Hillman

18. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Margaret P. Adam and H. Eugene Hoyme
Related Topics

19. Prevalence and Genetic Epidemiology of Developmental Disabilities
Coleen A. Boyle, Kim Van Naarden Braun, and Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsop

20. Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Genetic Disorders
Barbara Y. Whitman

21. Behavioral Genetics and Developmental Disabiliites
Stephen A. Petrill

22. Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
Mark L. Walraich and Melissa A. Doffing

23. Cerebral Palsy
Burris Duncan

24. Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Developmental Disabiliites
Kathy Ellerbeck, Chet Johnson, and Edward Hoffman

25. Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Children with Disabilities

Melinda F. Davis

Über Autor(innen)

Merlin G. Butler, M.D., Ph.D., FFACMG is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics Director, Division of Research ABMG Certified Clinical Geneticist and Clinical Cytogeneticist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Kansas.
F. John Meaney is Lecturer in genetics and developmental pediatrics at the University of Arizona Department of Pediatrics.