Ovid
Overgrowth Syndromes
Publication Year: 2001
Edition: 1st
Authors/Editor: Cohen, M. Michael; Neri, Giovanni; Weksberg, Rosanna
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19-511746-2
Doody's Star Rating®: Score: 89
Description
Overgrowth Syndromes presents a broad yet in-depth discussion of children who are large at birth or experience excessive postnatal growth or some combination of increased weight, length, and head circumference.
Many overgrowth syndromes are associated with an increased frequency of tumors. The book is important because of the ever-increasing number of newly identified overgrowth syndromes and the rapid progression of molecular knowledge of these conditions. It covers: Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome, Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, Sotos syndrome, Proteus syndrome, Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, neurofibromatosis, and fragile X syndrome, among other topics. Each chapter provides a historical perspective and deals with epidemiology, etiology, and molecular biology when known, clinical and pathological features, diagnostic criteria, and differential diagnosis.
Details
Platform: Ovid Publisher: Oxford University PressProduct Type: Book
Author/Editor: Cohen, M. Michael; Neri, Giovanni; Weksberg, Rosanna
ISBN: 978-0-19-511746-2
Specialty:
Medical Genetics
Pediatrics
Language: English
Edition: 1st
Pages: 224
Illustrations: 152
Year: 2001
Doody's Star Rating®: Score: 89
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