Wilson disease. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Anna Członkowska, Michael Schilsky.
• Editors: Członkowska, Anna; Schilsky, Michael L
• Contents: 1. History of Wilson disease: a personal account; J M. Walshe; 2. Epidemiology and introduction to the clinical presentation of Wilson disease; Christine Lo and Oliver Bandmann; 3. The Genetics of Wilson disease; Sihoun Hahn; 4. Genetic and environmental modifiers of Wilson disease; Valentina Medici and Karl Heinz Weiss; 5. Pathogenesis of Wilson disease; Petr Dusek, Radan Bruha and Ivo Florin Scheiber; 6. Animal models of Wilson disease; Dominik Huster and Valentina Medici; 7. Wilson disease – liver pathology; Maciej Pronicki; 8. Wilson disease – brain pathology; France Woimant, Aurelia Poujois and Jacqueline Mikol; 9. Hepatic features of Wilson disease ; Michael L. Schilsky, Aftab Ala and Salih Boga; 10. Wilson disease: neurologic features; Anna Czlonkowska, Tomasz Litwin and Grzegorz Chabik; 11. Cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in Wilson disease; Paula C. Zimbrean and Joanna Seniow; 12. Wilson’s disease in children; Eve A. Roberts and Piotr Socha; 13. Other organ involvement and clinical aspects of Wilson disease; Karolina Dziezyc, Tomasz Litwin and Anna Czlonkowska; 14. Diagnosis of Wilson disease; Peter Ferenci; 15. Wilson disease - currently used anti-copper therapy; Anna Czlonkowska and Tomasz Litwin; 16. Liver transplantation for Wilson disease ; Michael L. Schilsky; 17. Wilson disease - symptomatic liver therapy ; Wolfgang Stremmel and Karl Heinz Weiss; 18. Symptomatic treatment of neurologic symptoms in Wilson disease; Tomasz Litwin, Petr Dusek and Anna Czlonkowska; 19. Novel perspectives on Wilson disease treatment; Christian Rupp, Wolfgang Stremmel and Karl Heinz Weiss; 20. Patient support groups in the management of Wilson disease; Michael L. Schilsky and Mary L. Graper
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.8; Hepatolenticular degeneration; Hepatolenticular degeneration -- Diagnosis; Hepatolenticular degeneration -- Treatment
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780444636270
• Related ISBNs: 9780444636256
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