Neural Tube Defects - From Origin to Treatment

Zusatztext This is an impressive and readable synopsis of the currently available knowledge about this tragic error of early embryological development, and the sequelae which can be so far-reaching and devastating. It serves to illustrate just how much we know, and with all this at our disposal, it might suggest that we are tantalisingly close to the end of the story. Klappentext Neural tube defects affect about 4000 pregnancies a year and are thus among the most common of severe birth defects. Prenatal diagnosis can now detect about 70% of neural tube defects, but the tests produce many false positives, so the question is under what circumstances should they be recommended to pregnant women. This comprehensive volume - the collective knowledge of more than fifty-five experts in the field - provides lucid and authoritative discussions onthis topic as well as on a wide variety of theoretical, experimental and clinical issues. It addresses embryology, epidemiology, genetics, clinical features of NTDs, surgical techniques, treatment and patient educations, and public health. Written with a wide readership in mind, the book will be ofinterest to geneticists, pediatricians, neurologists, internists, graduate students, researchers interested in the field of birth defects, as well as to individuals with NTDs and their family members. Zusammenfassung Prenatal diagnosis can detect neural tube defects (NTDs), but the tests produce many false positives, so the question is under what circumstances should they be recommended to pregnant women. This book addresses embryology, epidemiology, genetics, clinical features of NTDs, surgical techniques, treatment and patient educations, and public health.

Product details

• Authors: Diego F. Wyszynski
• Assisted by: Deigo F. Wyszynski (Editor), Diego F. Wyszynski (Editor), Diego F. (Assistant Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology Wyszynski (Editor), Wyszynski Diego F. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.10.2005
• EAN: 9780195166033
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516603-3
• No. of pages: 399
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 273 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Pediatrics, MEDICAL / Genetics, MEDICAL / Neurology, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Public health & preventive medicine, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Medical Genetics, Paediatric medicine, Public health and preventive medicine