Connective tissue and its heritable disorders : molecular, genetic, and medical aspects

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Connective tissue and its heritable disorders : molecular, genetic, and medical aspects

editors, Peter M. Royce and Beat Steinmann

Wiley-Liss, c1993

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

A reference work on the molecular, biochemical and clinical advances in the study of heritable disorders of skin, cartilage and bone. It aims to synthesize information from the areas of biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology.

Table of Contents

  • Partial table of contents:
  • Principles of Medical Genetics
  • Morphology of Connective Tissue
  • Structure of the Skin and Tendon
  • Structure of Cartilage
  • Structure of Bone
  • Collagen: Protein
  • Elastin
  • Proteoglycans and Glycoproteins
  • Keratin
  • Bone
  • Extracellular Matrix Degradation
  • The Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
  • Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum
  • The Marfan Syndrome
  • Disorders of Copper Transport: Menkes' Disease and the Occipital Horn Syndrome
  • Prolidase Deficiency
  • Osteopetrosis and the Heritable Forms of Rickets
  • Alacaptonuria
  • Fibrodyxplasia Ossificans Progressiva
  • Disorders of Lysosomal Enzymes
  • Chondrodysplasis
  • Disorders of Keratinization.

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