Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Disease Mechanisms and Therapy (Hardcover)

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. This title is ideal for graduate students/postdocs and principal investigators who are already in the SMA field and need to keep updated on recent findings and approaches, and for those who are new to, or would like to join, the field. Likewise, users will find an excellent source of reading for biotech/pharma scientists, clinical researchers, and practitioners, regulators, and patients and their advocacy organizations. Furthermore, this book is a handy reference for researchers and clinicians who may want to apply the research strategies and therapeutic approaches in SMA to other rare diseases.

General

Imprint:	Academic Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2016
First published:	2017
Editors:	Charlotte J Sumner • Sergey Paushkin • Chien-Ping Ko
Dimensions:	276 x 216 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	506
ISBN-13:	978-0-12-803685-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Musculoskeletal medicine Promotions
LSN:	0-12-803685-0
Barcode:	9780128036853

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