Genetic diseases of the kidney[elect...
Lifton, Richard P.

 

  • Genetic diseases of the kidney[electronic resource] /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 616.61042
    書名/作者: Genetic diseases of the kidney/ edited by Richard P. Lifton ... [et al.].
    其他作者: Lifton, Richard P.
    出版者: Amsterdam ; : Elsevier/Academic Press,, 2009.
    面頁冊數: xiv, 829 p., [50] p. of plates : : ill. (some col.) ;; 28 cm.
    標題: Kidneys - Diseases
    標題: Kidney Diseases - genetics.
    標題: Kidney Diseases - physiopathology.
    ISBN: 9780124498518
    ISBN: 0124498515
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    摘要、提要註: Genetic Diseases of the Kidney identifies and analyzes genetic abnormalities causing renal diseases in human subjects. Although in a sense the genome contains all the instructions required for the formation of a phenotype, the information is encoded in an extremely complicated fashion. In primary genetic diseases, the genetic instruction specifies a phenotype clearly linked with a discreet lesion confined to the kidney. However, the genetic disturbance may be imbedded in a complicated physiologic ensemble, so that the nexus between the genetic disturbance and the phenotype may be obscured; in consequence, the causal sequence is extremely difficult to unravel. In many instances the renal disease is one component of a complicated systemic hereditary disease, either monogenic or polygenic. Indeed, renal disease may arise as the sum of minor inputs from many different, seemingly unrelated genes, so that the genetic contributions may be difficult to identify. Confounding the problem further are environmental influences, originating either in the chromosomal environment from modifier genes, or in the extra-chromosomal environmental from intrauterine or postnatal influences. These considerations have determined both the organization of the text as well as the detailed description of the genetic disorders and the physiologic derangements that emerge. * Lays the essential foundation of mammalian genetics principles for medical professionals with little to no background in genetics. Analyzes specific renal diseases - both monogenic disorders confined to the kidney as well as systemic diseases with renal involvement - and explains their genetic causes. World-renowned editors and authors offer expert frameworks for understanding the links between genes and complex clinical disorders (i.e., lupus, diabetes, HIV, and hypertension).
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